Valieva was in the Russian Olympic Committee group that beat the U.S. into second place in the team figure skating competition last Monday. The medal ceremony was delayed following a Swedish lab's report a day later that she'd tested positive for the banned heart drug trimetazidine. It transpired that Valieva returned the result at the Russian national championships on Dec. 25. She successfully appealed her initial suspension to the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. WADA The CAS ruling doesn't address the gold medal she won with Team ROC last week. It has only determined that she can continue skating at the Beijing Games. What to watch WADA will decide whether Team ROC can keep the gold medal it won over the U.S. at a date yet to be announced publicly. It's unclear if this would be before the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics. What they're saying there will be no ceremony for the team skating event won by Valieva and the Russian team. The big picture The CAS panel ruled that banning Valieva from the Beijing Olympics would cause her "irreparable harm the court allowed Russian figure skaters to participate in the competition. Russian Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva will be allowed to keep competing in the the Beijing Winter Olympics accusing the panel of failing to apply the terms of WADA's code in Valieva's case. U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland noted in a statement Russia's history of state-run doping programs Valieva is a favorite to win the women's individual figure skating event "It appears the CAS panel decided not to apply the terms of the code WADA said in a statement
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