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Olympic committee. roc. because of the past voting -- doping violations. this is a newer unique problem for the olympics. and it's really -- sensational stars of this olympics. anyone can watch her and see how she's 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 middle of the olympics to sort of bring it up. >> all right, really quickly before i let you guys...

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 f...

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 shouldn't even be here because of previous doping violations. they keep getting a chance to come back. their hands get slapped ...

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 country's 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 banned from the olympics completely. as you know, the ban that russia is going through right now is r...

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 shouldn't even be here because of previous doping violations but they keep getting a chance to come back. you know, their hands get ...