Teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva occupies top spot in the women’s individual event at the Winter Olympics in Beijing as she eyes another gold medal triumph amid a backdrop of ongoing controversy.
The 15-year-old Russian - permitted to continue at the Games after a failed drugs test - could not hold back the tears after an emotional routine in Tuesday’s short programme in which she uncharacteristically stumbled after failing to properly execute a triple axel, having become just the fourth woman ever to land such a move at the Winter Olympics last week.
