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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Mark Staniforth

Urgent hearing to decide fate of Russian figure skater after failing drug test

PA Wire

Fifteen-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva faces being thrown out of the Winter Olympics after the International Testing Agency confirmed she tested positive for a banned heart medication in December.

Valieva’s positive test was confirmed on Tuesday, one day after she starred in the Russian Olympic Committee’s victory in the team event in Beijing Her team successfully challenged a provisional suspension, and she was practising again on Friday when the ITA ended days of speculation.

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