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The games. let's head to the very latest on this doping scandal. steven, this is about the future of the games. it's also about a gold medal that she has already won. so what are the details? >> well, john, the ioc just clarified a few key points about this case at a press conference, saying that decision from the arbitration is going to be narrowly focused. it's only going to address this technical and procedural issue, whether or not she can compete on tuesday. it's not going to draw conclusions on whether or not she has committed a doping offense or whether -- what's going to happen to the ...

Really drawing any conclusion on whether or not she has committed a doping offense. and also as you have heard, also not ruling out what will happen to the russian gold medal from the team event last monday. one day before her positive test result returned. it seems to me that the panel has been really siding with the russian authorities. a lot of the arguments including for example valiyeva has been passing her doping tests after the december 25 date. that was when the positive sample was collected. and she has been testing negative since she arrived here in beijing. for the winter games. and...

They are only trying to address one technical very procedural issue. whether or not she can compete on tuesday. they are not trying to find out whether she has committed a doping offense, or what's going to happen to the russian team medal you mentioned from last monday. one day before this positive test result returned. now, they seem to be also emphasizing her age does play a key factor here. she is a minor, as you mentioned, so they seem to be trying to give her more benefit of the doubt to show her more sympathy and sort of mentioning how if later findings find her -- exonerate her from do...

What are the ramifications of the decision and what's the reaction so far? >> the reaction have been swift and mixed. the u.s. olympic committee the u.s. antidoping agency expressing their doubts and disappointment over the decision. and seeing how the olympic committee should be upholding the highest standard of integrity in sports allowing athletes to compete on a level playing field and this decision seems to be fly in the face of all that. china closely monitored social media there seem to be quite a bit of cheering or support for valiyeva. and her team. but with many users really seem to ...

It is only addressing a very technical procedural issue. it does not address whether or not valieva has committed a doping offense, and also it's not addressing the issue of what's going to happen to the russian's gold medal from the team event last monday one day before this positive test result returned. now, as you mentioned, age is certainly a key factor here with the arbitrators mentioning her being a minor. they seem to be trying to give her more benefit of the doubt, showing her more sympathy. they also appear to be siding with the russians in some of their arguments, including how she ...