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The Independent UK
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Dan Austin

Sha’Carri Richardson criticises decision to allow Kamila Valieva to compete after positive test

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American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has criticised the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to allow Kamila Valieva to continue competing at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

The 15-year-old figure skater helped her Russian Olympic Committee team win gold in the team event last week, but a sample analysed by the World Anti-Doping Agency found that she had tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine at the Russian Figure Skating Championships on Christmas Day.

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