also today the court of arbitration for sport is holding a hearing over 15-year-old russian figure cater kamila valiyeva s positive drug test. when might a decision come? well, it s the middle of the night now, so it can t come any earlier than monday and that is when we re expecting it to come and it needs to come as soon as possible because valiyeva is supposed to be going in the women s short program figure skating on tuesday. so there really isn t much time left to figure this out. this is arguably one of the most anticipated events at the winter olympics right now and of course it s happening behind closed doors, we can t see what s going on, and it is an absolutely massive story. valiyeva came into these games at the age of 15 as the european champion, the best in the world, she had already set nine world records. in that team event she justified all of the hype immediately doing things that have never been seen before. helping her team to gold. then it s revealed that she te
out there to know that she could win and that she could, you know, get this gold medal and if you place second or third you don t get to have that medal ceremony. maybe she want get the gold. we dont know what s going to happen in this final routine. but i want to pivot and ask specifically about this claim that this heart medicine that can boost endurance, which is why it s banned, was found in valiyeva s system was consumed accidentally. lawyers say it s a mix-up with her grandfather s medicine. they claim he drives her to practice a lot. it was just a very trace amount detected. so small it could have just happened by sharing a glass of water with him. do you buy that? i m no scientist, but i think it does add another layer of incrediblity to this whole story. i mean, as an olympic athlete myself, you don t take one thing that you don t know what s in it. you we understand these athletes. everything that goes into our
hull. saintjohnston of taking the lead, kellan henry scoring after six minutes. the russian figure skater who failed a drugs test in december returned this afternoon and the individual programme. the field test was due to contamination from her grandfathers heart medicine. sport ruled yesterday that she could carry on competing she s a ready run gold for the russian team, but they have been withheld as well as any should she make it onto the podium as investigations into the circumstances of her positive test continue. she fought back tears at the end of her routine as she was cheered on by fellow russians in the stand. the mentor through to the semifinals after a morale boosting
with the latest from the bbc sport centre. the russian figure skater kamila valieva has claimed that a failed drugs test in december was down to contamination from her grandfather s heart medicine. the court of arbitration for sport ruled yesterday that a provisional suspension should not be re imposed so she can carry on competing at the winter olympics. she is due on the ice shortly in the individual event and her particiaption hasn t been welcomed by a member of the usa coaching team. it is shocking and it is disappointing. in the history of the olympics, somebody with a positive test has been allowed to compete. i think it brings the integrity of the olympics, i think people at home are left scratching their heads. i think all of our hearts are breaking that this is a 15 year old girl. all around it is a sad situation, for her and all of the competitors here.
its own name because of prior doping scandals. he described what that event is now as a joke. very quickly, nobody gets to medal if she s in the top three? reporter: nobody gets to medal for the foreseeable future. they are waiting until all of this is settled which could be months and months away. they don t want to give a medal and take away a medal during the olympics. they re waiting for it to make its way through the investigations, months. all those athletes, gold, bronze, silver, doesn t matter. they will have to wait until the later ceremony. the olympics for them will be very different than anyone else. the heart medicine was considered a performance enhancer. thank you so much. up next, the trump organization s longtime accounting firm cuts ties with the former president s family and the family business.