Fifteen-year-old Russian ice skater Kamila Valieva had three different heart drugs in her system when she failed a drugs test, according to a report in the New York Times.
Valieva failed the test back in December at her national championships, but the positive result was not flagged until after she had already competed at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games earlier this month.
Despite the result, the Russian competitor escaped becoming the youngest athlete to be kicked out of the Olympics, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cleared her to continue to compete in Beijing - although a medal ceremony for the individual women's skating event will not be held if Valieva finishes in the top three places.
Valieva is currently in the gold medal position but no medals will be given out until her case is resolved.
Valieva was part of the Russian Olympic Committee team that won gold in the team figure skating event last week, but the medal ceremony for that event was also put on hold in light of the revelations surrounding the teen prodigy.
CAS revealed that the decision to allow Valieva to continue to compete came as a suspension could cause ‘irreplaceable harm’ in the long run of her career.
In a statement they said: “The panel was concerned that if - after the completion of all procedures - she would not be sanctioned or would have a very low sanction, the provisional suspensions would have caused serious damage.”
However, the New York Times report says that the teenager was not found to have had just one banned substance in her system, but three - trimetazidine, hypoxen and L-Carnitine.
This came after the outlet had cited documents from the recent arbitration hearing, which was confirmed by someone who took part.
The worries of the doping scandal did not seem to hinder Valieva on her return to competition in the individual event this week, as she put in an impressive performance on Tuesday to move into the gold medal position.
It is claimed by Valieva's camp that December's failed test came about due to a mix-up with her grandfather’s heart medication.
This has since been followed up by the New York times report, which claimed the Russian’s grandfather admitted he did use trimetazidine for his condition via a video testimony at the hearing.
He is then said to have showed the court a packet of the medication to back up his claim.
Described as her country’s ‘Miss Perfect’, Valieva’s coach Eteri Tutberidze previously claimed she is ‘absolutely clean’.
Tutberidze said: “I want to say that I am absolutely sure that Kamila is innocent and clean.
"For us, this is not a theorem, but an axiom, it does not need to be proved. We are with our athletes, in trouble and in joy, to the end.
“It is very unclear why an athlete with a dubious doping test on December 25 was admitted to the Olympic Games. Either this is a fatal coincidence, or this is a very competent plan.
“I really hope that our leaders will not abandon us, defend our rights and prove our innocence.”
