Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva set to compete after Beijing 2022 doping controversy

By Ben Church, CNN

Updated 1033 GMT (1833 HKT) March 23, 2022

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(CNN)Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was embroiled in a doping scandal at Beijing 2022, will return to competition at the Channel One Trophy in Saransk, Russia, this weekend.

The ongoing controversy around her positive drugs test is yet to be resolved but the 15-year-old is free to take part in the domestic competition which will be held between March 25-27. It comes just after a month since Valieva became the face of the Games, but for all the wrong reasons. The teenager had been touted to dazzle and she initially did — making history as the first woman to land a quad jump in