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Good to have you with us. a russian olympian lives to skate another day. 15 year-old figure skater kamila valiyeva will be allowed to continue at the beijing winter games. despite testing positive for a banned heart drug in december. last hour the court of arbitration for sport declined to suspend the teen skater. since she had limited time to mount a defense in the case. and special circumstances. since shes a minor. >> first the under 16 and protected person under the world antidoping code. th...

With that decision, one question answered. many other things left hanging. with many people left quite upset. >> indeed. and how much concern does the decision like this raise and does it taint the games when dealing with doping cases particularly in relation to russian athletes given the history? >> yeah, were far from the end of this. these games will be forever tainted. from that point of view. its what people are all talking about. so many questions that remain unanswered. and whatever the f...

Mark on the beijing winter games. listen. >> i would have said she shouldnt be competing here. total sympathy to the 15 yeerl. itsth adults in her life who did this. the adults should be looked at and they will. the coach and others. team around her. shes not making these decisions the adults are. so for me i think its a terrible black mark or not olympic games. a woman -- shes 15 and were sympathetic a woman with a positive drug test two months ago will be competing in the womens competition an...