Doping Hearing To Decide Russian Skater’s Olympic Fate
Feb 11, 2022, 12:27 PM
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BEIJING (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The International Testing Agency says it will lead an appeal on behalf of the IOC against a decision by Russia’s anti-doping agency to lift a provisional ban imposed on the 15-year-old Valieva for failing a doping test in December.
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15-year-old Kamila Valieva becomes the first woman to land a quadruple jump at an Olympic Games. 🤯#Beijing2022 #figureskating pic.twitter.com/zHxRiETNfi
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Valieva is the heavy favorite in her event that begins Tuesday. She set world record scores this season and landed the first quad jump by a woman at an Olympics.
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