By DAVE SKRETTA
BEIJING—Anna Shcherbakova gained a shocking gold medal in girls’s determine skating on the Beijing Video games on Thursday evening, whereas teammate Kamila Valieva tumbled all the best way out of the medals after a mistake-filled finish to her controversial Olympics.
Shcherbakova carried out a near-flawless free skate to leap over the 15-year-old Valieva, the chief after the quick program, who threw up her arms in resignation and disgust after her program. Russian teammate Alexandra Trusova leaped to silver together with her quad-packed program whereas Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto held onto the bronze medal.
Valieva, the middle of the newest Russian doping scandal, was left sobbing within the kiss-and-cry space after her scores have been learn. She was closely favored to win the gold medal however is headed house with nothing from the ladies’s program and nonetheless faces investigation for a constructive drug take a look at.
Moments after she walked off, employees started establishing for a flower ceremony that the Worldwide Olympic Committee stated wouldn't happen if Valieva was on the rostrum. Later, there would even be a medal ceremony that likewise wouldn't have occurred till after the total investigation into Valieva’s constructive take a look at for a banned substance was transpiring.
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