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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Sean Ingle

‘Clean and innocent’: Valieva’s coach breaks silence with Cas to decide teen’s fate

Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee trains at the Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China.
Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee trains at the Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China. Photograph: Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters

The brilliant 15-year-old skater Kamila Valieva, who has been at the centre of a doping and media storm at these Winter Olympics, will learn her fate from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) on Monday.

The Russian looked calm and focused at practice on Saturday, producing a flawless rendition of her short programme before coming off the ice to the soundtrack of Sia’s I’m Unstoppable.

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