Italian figure skater Carolina
Kostner said on Tuesday she was keen to start competing again
after she was cleared to restart next year by the Court of
Arbitration for Sport following her suspension for helping her
former boyfriend evade doping checks.
"I don't have an exact plan for competitions. My wish is to
go to the Olympics in Rio, but it's the first day that my heart
and soul feel relieved," she said.
The Olympic bronze medallist will be able to return to
competition next year after agreeing to extend her 16-month
suspension but backdate it, and promising to act as a
spokeswoman against doping.
"Doping is something that should not be tolerated," she
said on Tuesday. "The values of sport are patience, discipline,
passion and love. These are the values I want to always convey,"
she said.
Kostner said she had made a mistake when she helped her
ex-boyfriend, Olympic race walking gold medallist Alex Schwazer,
skirt a doping test. She has always maintained that she did not
know he was doping.
She said on Tuesday she was no longer in contact with
Schwazer.
"I'm not speaking to him anymore. I hope that this affair
can end for him too and that he can look to the future with
serenity," she said.
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