Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can compete for a gold medal despite testing positive for a banned drug in December. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says suspension from Olympic competition would cause the 15-year-old “irreparable harm.” More:
ranged from support of the young skater to complaints that Russian doping had once again damaged a sporting event.
In a statement about the ruling, WADA suggested RUSADA slipped up by not signaling to the Stockholm lab that Valieva’s sample was a priority to be analyzed so close to the Olympics. This ruling only addresses whether Valieva can keep skating before her case is resolved. It doesn’t decide the fate of the one gold medal she has already won.
With the Valieva case, questions raised by an often-proven culture of doping in Russian sport has been a major theme for a sixth straight Olympic Games, including the past three winter editions at Sochi, Russia; Pyeongchang, South Korea; and now Beijing. Nikita Katsalapov, who along with Victoria Sinitsina won the silver medal for the Russians, said simply: “Go Kamila!”
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