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Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, trains at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Sports tribunal bans Russian Kamila Valieva from figure skating through 2025

4:15pm January 29, 2024

by Brian Mann

Nearly two years after the Beijing Winter Olympics, an international sports tribunal says Russian Kamila Valieva "committed an anti-doping rule violation." The U.S. could now receive a gold medal.

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Kamila Valieva, then 15, of the Russian Olympic Committee, competed at the 2022 Beijing Olympics despite testing positive for a banned substance. Her case goes before an international sports tribunal this week.

Kamila Valieva doping scandal that rocked the Beijing Olympics may finally be settled

5:10am September 26, 2023

by Brian Mann

The Court of Arbitration for Sport begins a hearing Tuesday into the doping scandal of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. U.S. skaters still haven't received team medals from the 2022 Winter Games.

Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during a training session at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games on February 13, 2022.

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva cleared to keep competing at Beijing Olympics

8:54am February 14, 2022

The International Olympic Committee says it will abide by a decision that 15-year-old Kamila Valieva be allowed to skate in Beijing but if she wins "no medal ceremony will take place."

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China's Sun Yang leaves the pool deck following the men's 4x200m freestyle relay heats at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, in 2019.

Champion Chinese Swimmer Sun Yang Gets 8-Year Ban For Doping Violation

3:05pm February 28, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Sun is accused of violating doping rules by smashing a vial containing his blood sample when anti-doping officials came to his home to retrieve it. He is expected to appeal the ban.