The Latest Breaking News from Kamila Valieva

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva says she is happy but worn out after a grueling doping hearing ended with her being allowed to skate at the Beijing Games

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Valieva, 15, was meant to be the face of these Games and was already being hailed as the greatest women’s skater of all time, but her future is currently being decided in an unedifying legal wrangle between Russia and the IOC

The mess in Beijing is not down to the court of arbitration for sport but a collective failure of coaches and organisations

15-year-old ice skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance before the Winter Olympics but she has been cleared to compete in the Individual event this week

US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has questioned why Kamila Valieva has been allowed to compete at the Olympics while she was banned for a similar offence

No medals will be awarded if the 15-year-old figure skater finishes in the top three due to an ongoing investigation into her failed drug test.

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…

The ruling doesn’t decide the fate of the gold medal she won as part of the team competition. The United States won silver and would be in line for gold if the Russian medal is revoked.