Kamila Valieva's team-mate happy medal ceremony took place as controversial teenager missed out on medal

After watching Kamila Valieva fall several times in her free skate routine, her fellow competitors knew they would be able to have their moment on the podium as the 15-year-old missed out on an Olympic medal. The teenager was left in tears after taking to the ice last to perform and scoring 141.93 points to leave her in fourth place, despite starting the day as the leader after her emphatic short program performance.

Ad/> With Valieva’s scores combined, she was left nine points short of a place on a podium that would not have even existed if she had finished in the top three, due to the controversy surrounding her after she tested positive for a banned substance. Beijing 2022'Why did you stop fighting?' — Coach rebukes Valieva after medal blow5 HOURS AGO It had been confirmed before the event that no medal ceremony would take place should Valieva medal.

Having finished second to take silver, Valieva’s Russian team-mate Alexandra Trusova was glad she would be afforded her dream moment to celebrate her success, saying, «Well, I am happy that there will be a ceremony and that we are going to get our medals. Of course, it will be extremely pleasant for me to receive my medal.» Fellow ROC athlete Anna Shcherbakova was the gold medal winner — topping the leaderboard with a score of 255.95 and she admits she felt for Valieva when she saw her compatriot fall to the ice, essentially ending her medal hopes.

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