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Russia’s figure skating sweetheart Kamila Valieva successfully appeals doping ban, continues Olympic pursuit

Russia’s figure skating star Kamila Valieva has been allowed to continue competing in the Winter Olympics after successfully appealing an interim ban, which came in light of a late failed a doping test she took more than a month before the games began in Beijing. The Court of Arbitration for Sport made the ruling on Monday morning, allowing the 15 year old to keep her gold medal in the team event last week, in which she was the first woman to land a quadruple jump — i.e. four full mid-air rotations — during Olympic competition. Importantly, the decision will allow […]

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