Watch Olympic women's figure skating from Beijing 2022

Click on the video player above to watch live coverage of the women's figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games.

Action begins on Tuesday at 5 a.m. ET, and features Canadian skater Madeline Schizas competing in the short program.

Also in competition will be Russian Olympic Committee skater Kamila Valieva, who is favoured to win the event after being cleared to compete – despite failing a pre-Games drug test.

CBC Olympics host Andi Petrillo discussed the women's competition with Canadian Olympic figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond, who discussed how the controversy surrounding Valieva will affect her competitors.

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The free program portion of the Beijing 2022 women's competition, when medals are handed out, is scheduled for Thursday.

All the action will be streamed live on CBC Gem, the CBC Sports app and CBC Sports' Beijing 2022 website.

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