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Russian Olympic skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for three heart drugs: reports

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The Russian Olympic Committee’s latest doping scandal involving teen figure skater Kamila Valieva continued to unravel with reports on Tuesday revealing that the 15-year-old athlete tested positive for three different substances meant to improve heart function in a sample taken prior to her arrival in Beijing. 

Documents reviewed by The New York Times revealed that the lab in Stockholm that first detected the presence of trimetazidine in her sample taken on Dec. 25 at the 2022 Russian Figure Skating Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia, also showed evidence of two other substances not banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. 

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According to a brief filed by the WADA, Valieva listed the substances on a doping control form: L-carnitine and Hypoxen.

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, talks to coaches at a training session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing.  (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Two sources with knowledge of the briefing that spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity said the WADA argued that the presence of both substances undercuts Valieva’s argument that the banned drug entered her system accidentally.

Valieva’s sample came back positive last week after the Russian Olympic Committee took home the gold in the team event, prompting her initial ban. It was lifted by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, but her case was taken before a Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on Monday to determine if she could compete in the women’s event on Tuesday.

An International Olympic Committee official said Tuesday that during her hearing where she was eventually

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