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Olympic committee. roc. because of the past voting -- doping violations. this is a newer unique problem for the olympics. and its really -- sensational stars of this olympics. anyone can watch her and see how shes headed heels passing in front of her competitors. it was incredible to watch her. but then you hear about these allegations and you hear about this positive test, and you start wondering, if this occurred all the way back in december, why is this all of a sudden this time crunch in the...

In other words a bigger more important case will be coming in front of the court for the sport. no time for it between now and the womens short program on tuesday. but that case will be about the merits of the case. the testing sample. why the delay. and it will look at everything. and that anything could happen there. we have seen gold medals taken from athletes for all kind of doping violations. london, beijing. rio. and that could happen here. the bottom line is shes competing. shell be in th...

Forward in the last week-and-a-half of these games. >> even the one athlete who tested positive? >> reporter: well, the question would be would that athlete name some places? we are not going to name the name right now? would that athlete be able to compete or not? one would expect that that athlete would be tossed auto of the olympics. but stranger things have happened. we are dealing with russia, which has had nine lives in terms of coming back to the olympics. they shouldnt even be here becau...

Figure skating in russia. and people involved with this particular team. russian athletes as a whole are already unable to compete in the olympics under their countrys name or flag because of the sanctions from the ioc and the world anti-doping agency because of failing to previously cooperate with anti-doping rules. so if this ends up all coming to pass and it turns out there is officially a violation, is there a bigger penalty for russia as a whole possible? >> well, russia should have been ba...

Literally everything moving forward in the last week and a half of these games. >> even the one athlete who tested positive? >> well, i mean, the question would be would that athlete name some places -- we are not going to name the name right now -- would that athlete be able to compete or not snt? um one would expect that athlete would be tossed out of the olympics. we are dealing with russia which has had nine lives in terms of coming back to the olympics. they shouldnt even be here because of...

Moment from clean athletes and the public. instead, it appears it will be months before these athletes will know the final outcome of their competition well after the moment and the eyes of the world have passed. valieva is set to compete in tuesdays singles skating short program where she is expected to win the gold, but cnn sports analyst christine brennan says this doping scandal is far from over. >> reporter: what this means is kind of, i guess, kicking the can down the road. in other words,...

And she competed in the team event, i couldnt believe my eyes. i have never seen anything like that. and now i know i was right. i shouldnt have believed my eyes. because it was unbelievable. and it makes us all frustrated and confused and upset that this came from that specific skater. because we were so excited about her. but it puts into question her entire team and the integrity of that, you know, of that team. you know, russia here competing again under a flag thats not their own for multip...

She tested positive for. what do you make of the timing of this? and why would we just be hearing about this test result now if she took the test in december? >> youre asking the absolute right question there. and what makes the situation a little more fascinating, concerning, depending on your perspective is this is a team that is competing at the olympics not as russia but as the russian olympic committee, roc, because of past doping violations. so, this isnt a new or unique problem for this c...

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He said they have to wait for the investigation to play out and hold the adults accountable. it is russian systems that failed valiyeva. the argument goes that the ioc and the other systems around them could have given greater punishment to russia in regards to those doping violations in the past, and it could have actually incentivized russia to change so valiyeva may never have been in this position. because she did not place in the top three, they were not robbed of having a medal ceremony. b...