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Evening Standard
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George Flood

Winter Olympics: Tearful Kamila Valieva misses out on medal after falling twice during error-strewn free skate

An error-strewn end to Kamila Valieva’s controversial Winter Olympics campaign saw the teenage Russian figure skater miss out on an individual medal in painful circumstances.

After helping the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to team gold last week, the 15-year-old was cleared to continue competing in Beijing by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday after news of a failed pre-Games drugs test taken in December only recently emerged.

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