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>> reporter: tonight, the drama in beijing. decide whether kamila valiyeva can take the ice in the women's singles competition by monday, just 24 hours before the event begins. our alex presha pressing olympics officials about the timeline for a decision. >> given the time crunch here, are you confident that there will be a resolution to this by the 15th? >> there will be a resolution of this specific case, which is where the suspension will be lifted or not, yeah, i'm certain of that. >> reporter: on christmas day, the 15-year-old phenom tested for a banned heart medication which may help inc...

>> and that context is important, that russia ran a sophisticated state-sponsored doping program, and one of the questions, and it would seem key to this investigation, is russia currently running a system that's doping kids? can we trust this investigation, scott? >> i think investigations are as investigations do. what do you investigate, how do you investigate, and who investigates, right. so ultimately, we have to trust the process, but a lot of this right now -- nobody is saying that there wasn't a failed drug test. nobody's saying that. the b sample, we don't know what that is yet. but i...

And she competed in the team event, i couldn't believe my eyes. i have never seen anything like that. and now i know i was right. i shouldn't 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 that's not their own for multiple doping violations and uncovering a state-sponsored doping program, that's not good. and it's j...

From the ukrainian border. but tonight the biden administration has said that russia has been adding troops. it's no surprise because russia has a reputation for not playing by the royals. that's why ronald reagan said -- yes and that brings us to the end of things. in 2016, the -- to the world that ahead of the 2014 so g olympics he helped his country run a state sanctioned doping program. he worked to hide it from international officials and help swab out tainted urine samples to ensure that none of the athletes were being blasted. dozens of russian athletes including at least 15 medal winne...

Banner of the russian olympic committee instead. but no one was fooled. >> russia competing, again, under a flag that's not their own for multiple doping violations and covering up a state sponsored doping program. that's not good. it feels like a farce. it feels like a joke. >> reporter: meanwhile, what was not a joke were the tanks at the border. olympics, soccer's world cup and many more have long proved useful to tyrants eager to polish their images. it is what humanitarians call sports washing. using the goodwill of international sports as a cover for darker realities. >> sports washing i...