The Russian Olympic Committee’s gold medal in team figure skating is officially in doubt after 15-year-old Kamila Valieva’s December test for trimetazidine was reported this week
BEIJING — The results of the team figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics here are hanging in the balance after sports officials confirmed Friday that the 15-year-old superstar of the Russian Olympic Committee team had a positive test for a banned substance in December.
The International Testing Agency, which oversees testing at the Olympics, ended days of speculation on Friday when it acknowledged the result for Kamila Valieva, the teenager who became the first female skater to land a quadruple jump at the Olympic Games while clinching the victory for the ROC in the team event on Monday.
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