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Russian skater Kamila Valieva cleared to compete at Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled after a hastily arranged hearing that lasted into early Monday morning that the 15-year-old Valieva, the favorite for the women’s individual gold, does not need to be provisionally suspended ahead of a full investigation.

Valieva tested positive for the heart drug trimetazidine on Dec. 25 at the Russian nationals but the result from a Swedish lab didn’t come to light until a week ago, after she helped the Russian Olympic Committee win the team gold.

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More AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/winter-olympics and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

James Ellingworth And Graham Dunbar, The Associated Press

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