With many great moments came much controversy, drama at Beijing Games

As the Winter Olympics have come to a close, and the eyes of the sports world turn away from Beijing, these past three weeks have left fans with plenty to remember and look forward to — but with that, came much controversy and drama.

From disqualifications for ski jumping suits, an ongoing doping scandal involving the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), and judging issues in men's snowboarding events, there have been plenty of headlines throughout.

Fifteen-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva stole the spotlight — and continues to — following the discovery that she had tested positive for the banned heart drug trimetazidine on Dec. 25 at the Russian nationals. 

The result, which came from a Swedish lab, didn't come to light until Feb. 9, after she helped the Russians win gold in the team event.

Being the favourite in the women's singles event, speculation ran rampant as to how the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would handle the situation and if she would be able to compete again.

Following a hearing with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, she was ruled eligible to compete, except a medal ceremony for the team event was cancelled and the investigation would be ongoing. In addition, if she were to medal in the women's event, there would no medal ceremony, which would also deny the other medallists their moment on the podium. 

The situation put a dark cloud of sorts over the Olympics as many expressed their frustration and also questioned the IOC's decision-making in handling the Russians, who have already endured sanctions after the 2014 Sochi Games for state-sponsored doping that extended into the past two Olympic Games. 

But Valieva, who led after the short program, faltered in the free skate, and to the