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Alphabet soup of parties go to Olympic court in Russian case

One of the most anticipated events at the Beijing Olympics is the imminent legal hearing in Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case

The Independent UK

Russian Olympic teen skater Valieva tested positive for banned drug

Beijing (AFP) - Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva failed a drugs test in December, Olympic testers confirmed Friday, and the IOC is now appealing against Russia's decision to allow her to continue competing in Beijing.

AFP

Kamila Valieva’s failed drugs test exposes Russia and IOC’s broken relationship

The story becomes a welfare story as well as a doping one due to the Russian being just 15 years old

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Russian Skater Valieva Failed Drug Test Taken before Her Golden Games Debut

Figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva won a gold medal having earlier failed a drug test and Olympic officials will fight Russia's decision to let her compete at the Winter Games, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said on Friday. The 15-year-old's gold medal and Games future now hangs in the balance…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Games testers confirm Russian skater Valieva tested positive for banned substance

Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance, Games testers confirmed Friday, and the IOC is now appealing against Russia's decision to allow her to continue competing in Beijing.

France 24

ITA Confirms Kamila Valieva’s Drug Test Returned Results of Banned Substance

The 15-year-old ROC figure skater’s sample returned a result for the prohibited substance trimetazidine.

Sports Illustrated

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, 15, fails drug test at Winter Olympics 2022

Valieva helped the Russian Olympic Committee to win gold in the team figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday, but the medal ceremony had been put on hold

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Russian skater Valieva tested positive for banned drug: Olympic testers

Beijing (AFP) - Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance, Games testers confirmed Friday, and the IOC is now appealing against Russia's decision to allow her to continue competing in Beijing.

AFP

Russian skater Valieva tested positive for banned substance: Olympic testers

Beijing (AFP) - Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Beijing Olympics before being cleared by her country, but the IOC will appeal against that decision, the Games' testers said Friday.

AFP

China, IOC must prevent incidents from overshadowing Beijing Olympic athletes

At the Beijing Winter Olympics, players performing at a top level have been constantly overshadowed by incidents. This is an extremely regrettable situation. Host nation China and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) must be held accountable.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Johnson, Jones highlight most infamous Olympic doping cases

Russian star Kamila Valieva is at the center of the biggest doping story of the Beijing Games after Russian newspaper RBC reported that the figure skater tested positive for a banned substance before the Olympics

The Independent UK

Kamila Valieva: IOC refuses to confirm if teen skater is at centre of doping controversy

Multiple reports and sources have named Valieva, 15, as the athlete believed to have tested positive for a banned heart drug before the Winter Olympics

The Guardian - UK

Fate of Belarusian skier banned over political views in hands of ski body, IOC says

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday it was up to the International Ski Federation (FIS) to decide whether to take action in the case of a Belarusian cross-country skier who was barred from competition over what her family said were its political views.

Reuters

Winter Olympics day six – as it happened

Day six of XXIV Olympic Winter Games

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Skeleton Veteran and Shirtless Flag Bearer Nathan Crumpton Is a 'Jack of All Trades'

The skeleton veteran representing American Samoa is an author, model, photographer and Princeton alumnus who is vying for one of two open spots on the IOC’s athletes’ commission.

AFP

Legal hitch delays Olympic team skating medals

Beijing (AFP) - The medals ceremony for the team figure skating at the Beijing Olympics has been delayed by a legal issue, the IOC said on Wednesday.

The Canadian Press

Canada watching closely as Olympic medals in team figure skating delayed by legal issue

BEIJING — An ongoing legal issue that could affect the medallists in the team figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics, an event in which Canada finished fourth, has caused the award ceremony to be delayed, the IOC said Wednesday.

The Canadian Press

Olympics Live: Germany’s Geiger wins gold in Nordic combined

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:

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The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics 2022 day five – as it happened

Day five of XXIV Olympic Winter Games

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What in the world is the Olympic Truce?

A U.N. resolution upholding the Olympic Truce has been passed 15 times

The Independent UK

Peng Shuai’s ‘huge misunderstanding’ claim ‘does not alleviate our concerns’, insists WTA chief

Peng Shuai made a further public appearance at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday after describing reports over her disappearance as a ‘huge misunderstanding’

The Independent UK

Peng Shuai interview ‘does not alleviate any of our concerns’, WTA says

Peng was accompanied by Chinese Olympic Committee chief of staff Wang Kan who translated her responses for an interview with L’Equipe

Benzinga

Missing Tennis Star Peng Shuai Emerges In Beijing, Asks 'Why Such Concern?' Over Her Whereabouts

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who disappeared from public view after accusing a high-ranking member of the Chinese government of sexual assault, made two personal appearances over the weekend in Beijing, dining with the president of the In

Wales Online

Peng Shuai meets Olympic bosses and denies assault allegations in heavily-controlled 'interview'

According to an IOC statement, president Thomas Bach and Peng Shuai met at the Olympic Club in Beijing on the opening day of the Winter Olympics, accompanied by IOC member Kirsty Coventry

Daily Mirror

British stars finally take off as Peng Shuai ‘watches curling’ - Winter Olympics round-up

British Winter Olympic stars are finally hitting heights as missing Chinese star Peng Shuai meets IOC President Thomas Bach inside the Games bubble

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