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Talking Point: What do you think about Kamila Valieva being cleared to compete in Beijing?

Many may have expected Kamila Valieva to be immediately suspended from competing in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics when the news broke that she’d tested positive for banned substance trimetazidine following a sample taken on Christmas Day, but CAS have said she is free to compete in Tuesday’s individual women’s…

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2022

Kamila Valieva’s choreographer says talented skater has no need for drugs

The court of arbitration for sport will announce whether the skater should be sent home from the Olympic Games, while the Russian Olympic Committee could lose their team gold over the doping scandal

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2022

Olympics-Valieva's entourage under investigation by World Anti-Doping Agency

The world's top anti-doping authority will investigate the entourage of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva who tested positive for a banned drug, plunging her into a doping scandal at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Reuters · Feb 13, 2022

Urgent hearing to decide fate of 15-year-old Russian figure skater after she failed drug test

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

Wales Online · Feb 11, 2022

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 · Feb 10, 2022

Russian Olympic Committee Athlete Posts Photo of Food Apparently Served to Athletes in Quarantine

She said some of the food was “impossible” to eat.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 7, 2022

Kamila Valieva’s historic quadruple jump seals team figure skating gold

Valieva’s brilliance caps a runaway gold for the Russian Olympic Committee with the United States taking silver

The Guardian - US · Feb 7, 2022

Bizarre scenes as ice hockey match delayed at Winter Olympics before players return in masks

Canada saw off the Russian Olympic Committee 6-1 on the Beijing ice in the Winter Olympic ice hockey event, however it wasn’t without its controversies

Daily Mirror · Feb 7, 2022

Figure Skating-Valieva Shines as Russians Enjoy Commanding Lead in Team Event

Kamila Valieva delivered a flawless short program to put the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in the driving seat in the figure skating team event at the Beijing Winter Games, as they finished day two with a three-point lead over the United States. The 15-year-old, who won the European championships last…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 6, 2022

Winter Olympics day two: curling, ski jumping, luge and freestyle skiing – as it happened

Team GB face Norway in mixed doubles and there are medals up for grabs in the luge, moguls and ski jumping. Join Martin Belam for the latest

The Guardian - US · Feb 6, 2022