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Kamila Valieva Cleared to Compete at 2022 Olympics After Failing Drug Test

Russian Olympic Committee figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics despite testing positive for the medication trimetazidine, which is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Per James Ellingworth and Graham Dunbar of the Associated Press, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Monday that Valieva "does not need to be provisionally suspended ahead of a full investigation."

The 15-year-old tested positive for the drug at the Russian national competition on Dec. 25. However, the AP reported that the drug test results from the Swedish lab did not become public until a week ago.