kamila valieva tested positive for a heart drug, but was able to compete because the failed test only came to light after she helped the russian committee win gold in last week s figure skating team event. now on this monday, the court of arbitration for sport earlier declined to suspend the teen skater since she had limited time to mount a defense in the case, and first, the athlete is under 16 and is a protected person under the world anti-doping code. the anti-doping rules, and the world anti-doping code are silent with regard to suspension on protected persons. christine giving her reaction to cnn s john vause. i would have said she should not be competing here. total sympathy, it s the adults
banned heart drug ahead of the beijing games. the fail result were returned only on february 8. one day after she won gold in the team figure skating event. the indantidoping agency will investigate her entourage. bobsledding winning the gold medal. mono bob making the olympic debut. a special moment for hump ris. who claims her third gold medal. her previous three as she competed in two woman bobsled for canada. and her fellow american has much to be proud of as well. she won silver. the fourth career olympic medal. enduring a challenging start to the games. after she was supposed to help kraer the u.s. flags at the opening ceremony. but tested positive for covid-19. two days after arriving in
states to have leverage over russia in the event of an incursion into ukraine. so that i think is the primary reason not to impose sanctions at this point in time. some nervous days ahead, colonel. but we re glad you re with us. thank you very much, sir. you bet, john. absolutely. russian figure skater kamila valieva will soon know if her participation at the winter olympics will be cut short. right now she is listed as competing in tuesday s single skating short program despite revelation last week that she had tested positive for a banned heart drug. russian officials knew of the positive result in december. the ioc only found out last week. the court of ash strags has been meeting behind closed doors for hours. an announcement expected less than an hour from now. cnn s world sports patrick snell joins us on the latest on
testing positive for a banned heart drug in december. her defense, her attorney now claims the test was contaminated with a drug her grandfather was taking. whatever happened, the ioc says if she wins no one gets a medal until a full investigation is complete. of course bad news for all the other skaters who will not get their podium moment in beijing, including american alysa liu who is in eighth place and uggs favorite karen chen, who, despite falling in the short program, will look for a big score in the free skate. i want to bring in gadi schwartz, who has been covering this story for us. u.s. olympian scott hamilton, gold medalist from 1984 in sarajevo. he is also an nbc figure skating analyst. great to have you here. gadi, bring us up to date. yeah. chris, the latest is coming from the ioc, one of the commissioners who says kamila valiyeva claimed she had the drug in her system after some sort of cross-contamination from medication her grandfather was
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 women s 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 she s competing. she ll be in the short program and long program. expected to win. we have a story unlike any other for another five or six days. it never ends. i ll put you on the spot. apology in advance. talking about the heart drug she was found to have taken. it s to monitor heart conditions and give an advantage at high altitudes. like beijing. is there ever a defense for