This Russian Olympic skater can compete despite failing a drug test

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, trains on the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Beijing.

Bernat Armangue, Related Press

Russian determine skater Kamila Valieva can compete once more on the 2022 Winter Video games in Beijing after a excessive court docket dominated that she shouldn't be suspended over a failed drug take a look at.

What occurred: The Court docket of Arbitration for Sport dominated Sunday that Valieva’s age and points surrounding the take a look at course of shouldn't bar the Russian determine skater from competing, BBC Information experiences.

• The 15-year-old will compete within the girls’s single skating competitors, in accordance with NBC Olympics. She’s favored to win.

Flashback: Valieva examined optimistic for a banned substance in December, CNN experiences.

• The discovering solely grew to become identified in the course of the days earlier than the Beijing Olympics.
• In actual fact, Valieva helped the Russia Olympic Committee win gold on the Olympics for the determine skating crew occasion.

Sure, however: Critics questioned “why an athlete who has failed a medicine take a look at is being allowed to compete on the world’s largest stage,” in accordance with BBC Information.

• The World Anti-Doping Company stated it was “disenchanted” by the ruling.
• The company stated it “seems that the CAS panel determined to not apply the phrases of the code, which doesn't enable for particular exceptions to be made in relation to necessary provisional suspensions for ‘protected individuals’, together with minors.”