Russian Olympic Committee figure skater Kamila Valieva failed to medal in Thursday's free skate competition after a number of stumbles during her routine.
It marked the end of Olympic competition for Valieva in Beijing, concluding a Games in which her eligibility was called into question.
On Dec. 25, a sample from Valieva was taken during the 2022 Russian Figure Skating Championship in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The test results, released on Feb. 8, found traces of “an Adverse Analytical Finding for the non-specified prohibited substance trimetazidine.”
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The 15-year-old was provisionally suspended, but Valieva challenged it on Feb.