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Figure skating medalists bittersweet win

Kamila Valieva of Team ROC falls on ice during the Women Single Skating Free Skating on day thirteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 17, 2022 in Beijing, China. Xavier Laine/Getty Images

Despite getting a chance to compete after violating the rules, Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was unable to secure a spot on the podium (which she wouldn't have been able to stand on anyway).

The 15-year-old skating prodigy placed first in the short program on Tuesday but ultimately finished in fourth place after falling multiple times during her free skate on Thursday. Valieva first made headlines when it was revealed that she had tested positive for the banned metabolic modulator trimetazidine. The revelation also delayed the medal ceremony for last week's team event; Valieva and her fellow ROC teammates have not received their gold medals.

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