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Olympic viewers praise Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir for commentary on skater Kamila Valieva’s performance

‘The commentary and silence were perfect,’ one viewer wrote

The Independent UK

Ukrainian skier Valentyna Kaminska suspended from Winter Olympics after failing drug test

The Winter Olympics has been rocked by another failed drugs test, this time by a Ukrainian skier who tested positive for three banned substances

Daily Mirror

Kamila Valieva holds back tears after first skate since trimetazidine doping controversy at Winter Olympics

It was announced last week that the 15-year-old tested positive for a banned substance back in December

The Independent UK

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Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir perfectly sum up Kamila Valieva controversy with honest commentary

They nailed it.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva’s positive sample ‘also contained two legal heart drugs’

Kamila Valieva’s drug sample which tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine also contained two other drugs used to help heart conditions, according to reports.

Evening Standard

IOC hit back at Sha’Carri Richardson criticism of Kamila Valieva decision

The American sprinter took issue with the way Valieva’s case has been handled

The Independent UK

IOC hits back at Sha'Carri Richardson racism claim over Kamila Valieva drugs reprieve

The IOC has issued a response to Sha'Carri Richardson's claim that the only difference between her case and Kamila Valieva's is that she is black.

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Kamila Valieva 'had three different heart drugs in her system' when she failed doping test

Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance in December but the results didn't come to light until after she had already competed in the Winter Olympics, which got underway in Beijing earlier this month.

Daily Mirror

Kamila Valieva figure skating results will ‘have an asterisk against them’, say IOC

The 15-year-old took the lead in the individual event on Tuesday amid a storm of controversy

The Independent UK

Kamila Valieva victory would be provisional before doping test cloud clears

The 15-year-old Russian has been allowed to continue to compete in Beijing despite testing positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine.

The Independent UK

Valieva case boosts drive to raise age limit at Olympics

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was allowed to skate at the Olympics in the short program partly because her age gives her extra rights as a “protected person” in a doping case

The Independent UK

IOC denies Richardson’s accusations of double standards over Valieva

The IOC has dismissed claims that a double standard was applied to US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson compared to Russian skater Kamila Valieva

The Guardian - UK

Valieva in 1st place after short program

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva finished first in the women's short program with a score of 82.16 points at the Beijing Games on Tuesday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Valieva listed two legal oxygen boosters on Olympic forms

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva listed two legal substances used to improve heart function on an anti-doping control form she filled out before her drug case at the Olympics erupted, according to documents submitted in her case

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - AU

Winter Olympics day 12: Canada crash out of men’s ice hockey – as it happened

Another busy day saw upsets, tight finishes, American success and more fallout from the Kamila Valieva controversy

Sports Illustrated

Former U.S. Olympian Adam Rippon Calls ROC ’Dirty Cheaters’ Over Kamila Valieva Situation

The 2018 bronze medalist did not sugarcoat his feelings when talking about the decision and the Russian Olympic Committee.

Miami Herald

Michelle Kaufman: Letting Russian skater Valieva compete is an affront to all athletes at Beijing Olympics

Don’t let Kamila Valieva’s slight frame, sequined dress, and lipstick fool you. The 15-year-old Russian figure skating phenom, like all the Olympic skaters American TV viewers woke up to Tuesday morning, is a strong, fearless, world-class athlete.

Los Angeles Times

Helene Elliott: Kamila Valieva's strong figure skating short program performance deserves an asterisk

Kamila Valieva was a vision in shades of lavender, her bedazzled skirt fluttering as she floated above the ice at Capital Indoor Stadium.

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Sports Illustrated

NBC’s Tara Lipinski Reacts to Ruling on Kamila Valieva’s Olympic Eligibility

Lipinski did not hold back on her feelings as the ROC skater remained eligible to compete at the Games following a failed drug test.

Reason

Olympic Athletes Can Take Drugs so Long as They Also Get an Unfair Advantage

Allowing Kamila Valieva to compete evokes memories of Sha'Carri Richardson, who was suspended from competition for using marijuana.

Salon

Did trimetazidine help Russia win gold?

Russia is embroiled in yet another doping controversy as they near a lift on sanctions stemming from Sochi 2014

Daily Mirror

Greg Rutherford slams Kamila Valieva saga as ‘child abuse’ and demands urgent action

Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva continues to compete under a dark cloud in Beijing, despite testing positive for the banned substance Trimetazidine

Daily Mirror

Kamila Valieva camp branded 'dirty cheaters' as integrity of Winter Olympics in question

Kamila Valieva leads the figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics at the half-way point but the 15-year-old and her entourage have come under renewed pressure

Sports Illustrated

Women’s Figure Skating Marred by Kamila Valieva’s Controversial Return to the Ice

The 15-year-old skater at the center of an ongoing doping dispute leads the competition, but as a result, the entire event—and the IOC's system—is in pieces.

ABC News

Kamila Valieva leads ROC 1-2 in women’s figure skating short program after doping controversy

Kamila Valieva stares down the attention of the sporting world to lead the women's singles figure skating after the short program but the strain the doping controversy has placed on the teenager is there for all to see.

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