Russia faced renewed calls to be booted out of international sport despite Kamila Valieva being spared expulsion from the Winter Olympics.
The 15-year old figure skater, who has tested positive for heart drug Trimetazidine, is not only free to compete in the Individual event, she is hot favourite to win it.
The decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to delay judgement on the starlet and instead kick the can down the road is understandable on a human level.
