Beijing Winter Olympics: Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva cleared to continue at Beijing Olympics despite failing doping test

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, practices during a training session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing.David J. Phillip/The Associated Press

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Monobob: Canada’s Christine de Bruin won bronze in the inaugural Olympic monobob race at the Beijing Games on Monday. Kaillie Humphries — the Stony Plain, Alta., native’s former Canadian teammate — took gold in her first Olympics competing for the United States with a dominant combined four-run time of four minutes 19.27 seconds.
Figure skating: Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier finished seventh in ice dance at the Beijing Games, in what was likely their final Olympic appearance. A significant mishap on their lift had Gilles in tears after, and saw the reigning world bronze medallists score 204.78.
Curling: A matchup against last-place Russia was just what Canada’s Jennifer Jones needed at the Beijing Olympics. Jones took advantage of several mistakes by Alina Kovaleva en route to an 11-5 victory that ended a three-game losing skid.
Speed skating: Canada’s Steven Dubois won the bronze medal in the 500-metre short-track race on Sunday morning. This is Dubois’s second medal of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. He won silver in the 1,500-metre speed skating race in Beijing on Wednesday. The Canadian women’s 3,000-metre relay team failed to reach the podium, finishing fourth.
Speed skating: Erin Jackson of the United States scores Olympic gold, becoming the first Black woman to win a speed skating medal. Jackson, a former inline skater who switched to the ice shortly before the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, won the gold in the 500-metre race.

Off the field

Doping scandal: Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can continue to compete at the Beijing Olympics despite failing a doping test in December, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced Monday.
Virtual athlete interviews: The CBC is hosting the majority of its Olympics coverage in Canada, with only a relatively small team on the ground in Beijing. The Globe’s James Griffiths goes behind the scenes to show how the CBC pulls off virtual “in-studio” interviews. (Hint: With lots of green screens).
Canada’s ROI approach to the Olympics: As The Globe’s Cathal Kelly writes, Canadians don’t ski as well as the Austrians or skate as well as the Dutch. There is no government program that can manufacture organic growth in a sport. What Canada does well is identify vulnerabilities in the Olympic market and exploit them.

The day in pictures

Canada's Steven Dubois celebrates his bronze medal finish at the finish line for the men's 500m short-track speed skating final at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday.Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press
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Shaoang Liu of Team Hungary celebrates winning the gold medal as Konstantin Ivliev of Team ROC celebrates winning the silver medal ahead of bronze medallist Steven Dubois of Team Canada during the men's 500m final at the Beijing Winter Olympics.Matthew Stockman/Getty Images
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Hungary’s Shaoang Liu, ROC’s Konstantin Ivliev, Canada’s Steven Dubois and Kazakhstan’s Abzal Azhgaliyev compete in the men's 500m final at the Capital Indoor Stadium.Harry How/Getty Images
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Steven Dubois of Canada in action during men’s 500m speed skating semifinals.EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/Reuters
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Steven Dubois of Canada skates ahead of Shaoang Liu of Hungary as Jordan Pierre-Gilles of Canada falls during the men's 500m speed skating quarterfinals at the Capital Indoor Stadium. Dubois advanced to the semifinals.Harry How
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Canada's Jordan Pierre-Gilles reacts as he slides toward a padded wall crashing during the men's 500m short track speed skating quarterfinal competition.Jeff Roberson/The Associated Press
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Canada's Christine De Bruin competes in the women's monobob bobsleigh event at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre on Sunday. De Bruin is in second place with a combined time of 2:10:14.DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images
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Christine De Bruin, of Canada, drives her bobsled during women's inaugural monobob heat one at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday, February 13, 2022 in the Yanqing district of Beijing.Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press
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Cynthia Appiah of Team Canada slides during a women's monobob heat on day nine of Beijing Winter Olympics.Julian Finney/Getty Images
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Canada’s Cynthia Appiah competes during the women's monobob heat two. Appiah moved up to 10th place following her second run.Dmitri Lovetsky/The Associated Press
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Team Canada's Brad Gushue throws the stone during the men's round robin session six curling competition against Team United States at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing on Sunday.WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images
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Team Canada and Team United States competing during the men's curling match.David Ramos/Getty Images
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United States' John Shuster (L) and Canada's Brad Gushue in conversation during the men’s curling round robin session on day nine of the Beijing Winter Olympics.David Ramos/Getty Images
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Team Canada celebrates 10-5 win over Team United States in men's curling Sunday morning in Beijing.Brynn Anderson/The Associated Press
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Canada's Jennifer Jones curls the stone during the women’s round robin session six game of the Beijing Winter Olympics curling competition against Switzerland.LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP/Getty Images
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Jennifer Jones, of Canada, reacts during the women’s round robin session six game against Switzerland. Team Canada lost 8-4 to the undefeated Swiss.LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP/Getty Images
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Olympic staff clear snow at Genting Snow Park where women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifications were to begin before organizers announced the event is postponed due to weather conditions.DYLAN MARTINEZ/Reuters
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(L-R) Naomy Boudreau-Guertin, Flavie Aumond and Marion Thenault of Team Canada wait for transport after the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualification event was postponed due to heavy snowfall.Maja Hitij/Getty Images
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Olympic volunteers play with snow after the event was postponed at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China.MIKE BLAKE/Reuters
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Emma Lunder of Canada and Tuuli Tomingas of Estonia in action during the women’s 10km pursuit in the biathlon competition on Sunday.ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/Reuters
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Scott Gow of Canada leaves the starting gate during the men's 12.5km pursuit race at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday.Frank Augstein/The Associated Press
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Antoine Cyr of Team Canada competes during the men's cross-country skiing 4x10km relay.Lars Baron/Getty Images
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Teammates cheer as Sergey Ustiugov, of the Russian Olympic Committee, finishes the men's 4x10km relay cross-country skiing competition in first place.Aaron Favila/The Associated Press
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Team Canada, Team South Korea, Team China and Team Netherlands skate during the women's 3000m relay final.Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
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Team Canada looks dejected after placing fourth in the women’s 3000m relay.EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/Reuters
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Marsha Hudey of Team Canada skates during the women's 500m final on Sunday.Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
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Erin Jackson of the United States competing in the women’s 500m speed skating final.SUSANA VERA/Reuters
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Erin Jackson, of the United States, reacts after winning the gold medal in the women’s 500m as coach Ryan Shimabukuro hugs teammates. Jackson is the first Black woman to ever win a medal in speed skating at the Olympics.Ashley Landis/The Associated Press
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Workers clear snow from the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre course after the second run of the men's giant slalom was delayed due to a heavy snowfall.Robert F. Bukaty/The Associated Press
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Canada's Erik Read competes in the second run of the men's giant slalom at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre.JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images
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Erik Read, of Canada, poses after finishing his second run in the men's giant slalom.Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press
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Eric O'Dell (19) of Team Canada and Jia Luo (20) of Team China challenge during the men's hockey preliminary round match at the National Indoor Stadium on Sunday.Lintao Zhang
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Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot for the Beijing Winter Olympics, in the stands with spectators at the hockey match between Team Canada and Team China.JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters
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China's Wang Taile (Tyler Wong) (91) falls into the net after sliding into goalkeeper Ouban Yongli (Paris O'Brien) (1) after Canada scored a goal.Bruce Bennett/The Associated Press
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Kent Johnson of Team Canada celebrates scoring their fourth goal with teammates Mark Barberio, Eric O'dell and Jordan Weal.BRIAN SNYDER/Reuters
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Czech Republic's linesman Daniel Hynek is hit by a puck during the men's hockey match between Team Canada and Team China.Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
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Linespersons separate China’s Wei Ruike (Ethan Werek) (61) and Canada’s Jack Mcbain (11) during the men’s hockey match.BRIAN SNYDER/Reuters
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Adam Cracknell of Canada in action as Liu Jie of China falls.JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters
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Wang Taile (Tyler Wong) (91) of Team China reacts as Team Canada celebrates their victory in the background.Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
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Team Canada players celebrate after defeating Team China 5-0 on Sunday at the Beijing Winter Olympics.BRIAN SNYDER/Reuters
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What to watch today, Feb. 14

Snowboard: men’s big air, qualification, 2:30 a.m. ET
Curling: men, round robin, Canada vs. Italy, 1:05 a.m. ET
Freestyle skiing: women’s aerials, final 🥇, 6 a.m. ET
Bobsleigh: 2-man, Run 1, 7:05 a.m. ET
Curling: women, round robin, Canada vs. Great Britian, 7:05 a.m. ET
Ski jumping: Men’s team, large hill, final 🥇, 7:06 a.m. ET
Ice hockey: women, semifinal Unites States vs. Finland, 8:10 a.m. ET
Curling: men, round robin, Canada vs. China, 8:05 p.m. ET
Snowboard: women’s big air, final 🥇, 8:30 p.m. ET
Alpine skiing: women’s downhill 🥇, 10 p.m. ET
Ice Hockey: men, 11:10 p.m. ET

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Olympic highlights and medal count for Feb. 13

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Teenagers representing Team Canada at the Beijing Olympics keep cool under pressure

Even at an Olympics in China during a pandemic, under strict restrictions, with their family members on the other side of the world, Canada’s teenaged athletes have been calm and cool.

Madeline Schizas, of Canada, competes in the women's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing.Jeff Roberson/The Associated Press

China’s Eileen Gu makes it through ‘scary’ freeski slopestyle qualifiers

China’s Eileen Gu made it safely through “scary” freestyle skiing slopestyle qualifiers at the Beijing Olympics on Monday, roaring back in her second run with jumps and mid-air grabs to advance to the final.

Eileen Gu, of China, waves after competing during the women's freestyle skiing big air finals of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 8, 2022, in Beijing.Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press

Top-seeded U.S. hockey team ‘not satisfied’ by early success at Beijing Olympics

The young United States men’s hockey team can’t get no satisfaction from going undefeated in the preliminary round at the Olympics. Rolling into the quarterfinals as the only team to win all three of its group games in regulation, the young Americans are suddenly among the favorites to win the gold medal. Their next test is a matchup against the winner of the Slovakia-Germany qualification round game with Sweden or Canada potentially up next in the semi-finals.

Strauss Mann of the United States and Sean Farrell of the United States celebrate with teammates after the match on Feb. 12, 2022 in Beijing, China.DAVID W CERNY/Reuters

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