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Russian tribunal found ‘no fault’ in figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 15, 2022 Russia's Kamila Valieva competes in the women's single skating short program of the figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. - Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva has not been sanctioned by the Russian anti-doping agency, which found she bore "no fault or negligence" for a positive drugs test before the Beijing Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on January 13, 2023. Montreal-based WADA said it was "concerned" by this conclusion of the Russian disciplinary tribunal and specified that it would not hesitate to exercise its right of appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian Anti-Doping Agency says it won’t publish verdict in Kamila Valieva case
FILE Ñ Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee team competes in the team figure skating event at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Feb. 7, 2022. The Russian teenager was the star of the Beijing Olympics, but disappeared in a flash. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva claims positive test was mix-up with grandfather’s heart drug
FILE PHOTO: 2022 Beijing Olympics - Figure Skating - Training Rink Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 12, 2022. Russian Olympic Committee coach Eteri Tutberidze talks to Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee during training. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo
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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case to be heard Sunday at Beijing Olympics
Kamila Valieva, 15, of the Russian Olympic Committee, reacts after the women's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. The 2022 Games' first major scandal has managed to involve the 15-year-old figure skater who has tested positive for using a banned heart medication that may cost her Russia-but-not-really-Russia team a gold medal in team competition. Kamila Valieva continues to train even as her final disposition is considered, and she may yet compete in the women's individual competition, in which she is favored. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Russian anti-doping agency confirms it won’t appeal Olympic team restrictions
In this Feb. 17, 2018, file photo, a Russian supporter waves a flag before a men's hockey game between the team from Russia and the United States, at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in Gangneung, South Korea.
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Sports court opens four-day hearing in Russian doping case
(FILES) In this file photograph taken on February 9, 2020, The World Anti-Doping Agency or WADA logo is seen at the Russkaya Zima (Russian Winter) Athletics competition in Moscow. - Starting November 2, 2020, before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland, Russia will contest its ban from major competitions decreed for four years by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the epilogue of an incredible confrontation with the scent of the Cold War. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)