Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old figure skating star, was cleared to skate in the women’s competition, which begins Tuesday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Monday that it would not reinstate a provisional suspension after an appeal from the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Union.
Valieva testified by video at an appeal hearing Sunday. She is the far and away the favorite in the women’s event.
Valieva, who helped the ROC take home gold in the figure skating team event, was allowed to compete despite testing positive for the banned heart drug trimetazidine, which has stimulant properties and is normally used to treat angina.
At the center of the firestorm is a high schooler with fuzzy pink skate guards and her beloved Pomeranian puppy back home. During practice for the individual competition, she did a perfect…
