Thomas Bach hits out at ‘chilling’ attitude of Kamila Valieva’s coaches

IOC president Thomas Bach has launched an extraordinary attack on the team behind Kamila Valieva (Andrew Milligan/PA)

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has launched a scathing attack on the team behind Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old figure skater at the centre of a drugs probe who wilted under the global glare of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Thursday night.

Bach said he was “disturbed” by the “chilling” attitude of Valieva’s coaches as she left the ice in tears after falling twice in an error-strewn performance that resulted in her slumping from first place after Tuesday’s women’s short program to fourth and out of the medals.