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Daily Mirror
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Alex Spink

Russian skater Kamila Valieva free to compete at Winter Olympics after doping ban overturned

Kamila Valieva has escaped becoming the youngest athlete ever to be kicked out of an Olympics.

The 15-year old figure skater learned of her reprieve on Monday morning when the Court of Arbitration for Sport delivered its verdict.

Russia’s ‘Miss Perfect’ tested positive for banned heart drug Trimetazidine on Christmas Day but the result of the sample was not revealed until after she had helped her country win team gold here a week ago.

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