Russian teen skater Kamila Valieva takes fourth place in women's figure skating competition

Russian teen determine skater Kamila Valieva completed fourth within the girls's particular person determine skating competitors on the Beijing Olympics, days after she was cleared to take part within the Video games regardless of testing constructive for a banned drug. 

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva
Russia's Kamila Valieva competes within the girls's single skating free skating occasion through the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Video games on February 17, 2022.

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Her Russian Olympic Committee teammates Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova took gold and silver. Japan's Kaori Sakamoto completed in third place. 

Valieva's fourth-place end permits for a podium celebration to happen after the Worldwide Olympic Committee mentioned there could be no medal ceremony if she positioned within the high three.

The skater examined constructive for a banned coronary heart remedy, trimetazidine, in Russia in December, however her check end result solely got here to mild final week. 

It is a creating story. 

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