Winter Olympics 2022: Kamila Valieva misses podium after multiple falls in women's free skate

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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva finished with a 141.93 in the free skate, which kept her off the podium.

Valieva’s score was good enough to put her in fourth place.

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Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, is consoled by her coach Eteri Tutberidze after competing in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Valieva slipped and fell a few times her final performance. The falls were uncharacteristic of Valieva who had been dominant in the events leading up to the women’s free skate.

The 15-year-old star skater was emotional in the immediate aftermath of her round, appearing to come to grips with the fact that she was not making the podium.

There was a medals ceremony since Valieva, who is in the spotlight over a failed drug test before the start of the Beijing Games, failed to finish in the top three.

Valieva’s Russian Olympic Committee teammates Anna Shcerbakova and Alexandra Trusova took home gold and silver medals respectively. Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto finished with the bronze medal.

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, falls in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Valieva tested positive for three different substances meant to improve heart function in a sample taken before her arrival to Beijing, according to The New York Times. Documents reviewed by paper revealed that the lab in Stockholm that first detected the presence of trimetazidine