American skeleton player Kathy Ulender took part in the anti-doping summit at the White House and shared her attitude to the doping scandal of the 2014 Olympics, which was held in Russia.

"Russians have not only spoiled the Olympics, they also interfere in politics around the world. Do you know what most breaks my heart in the situation with Sochi-2014?.

That this was not the Olympics at all! It was Putin’s private show.. He wanted to raise the spirit of the Russian people, then to get support and invade Ukraine, "said Yulender, quoted by US Today.

She noted that the athletes did not know what they were actually involved in.. According to her, Russian athletes who were acquitted in the use of doping in Sochi deserve sympathy, but not medals..

In Sochi, Yulender took fourth place in the individual competitions, after Russian Elena Nikitina. In November 2017, Nikitin and 10 more Russians were deprived of medals due to anti-doping rule violations, and Yulender was to receive a "bronze".

However, in February 2018, the Court of Sports Arbitration (CAS) granted Nikitina’s appeal and restored its results to the 2014 Olympics..

Recall that in December 2017, Russia was excluded from participation in the Winter Olympics on the basis of the work of the IOC commissions under the leadership of Denis Oswald and Samuel Schmidt, who were involved in testing doping samples of Russian athletes from the 2014 Sochi Olympics anti-doping system.

It was noted that top officials had been involved in the replacement of the doping samples of Russians.

“Clean” Russian athletes who participated in the Games in the status of “Olympic Athletes from Russia” and performed under the neutral flag were admitted..

In February 2018, the IOC restored the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in the rights.