Winter Olympics: Russia’s 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva immersed in Beijing 2022 doping row
Russia’s teen starlet Kamila Valieva has found herself immersed in a Winter Olympics doping row following the team figure skating competition.
The medals for the event, in which the Russian Olympic Committee team won gold on Monday, have yet to be awarded following what the International Olympic Committee described as “a legal case”.
Since then, Russian newspaper RBC reported that the delay was as a result of Valieva testing positive for trimetazidine, a drug which can be used for chest pain but is also a banned substance on the World Anti-Doping Agency list.
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The ROC team have not commented on the case regarding the 15-year-old, who became the first female athlete in history to land a quad jump at a Winter Olympics during the team competition.
Valieva was back on the ice in practice today ahead of the