Kamila Valieva ordeal leaves champion Anna Shcherbakova with 'emptiness inside'
Fifteen-year-old Valieva fell twice and made several more errors in her free skate to Ravel’s Bolero as she missed out on an Olympic medal.
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Fifteen-year-old Valieva fell twice and made several more errors in her free skate to Ravel’s Bolero as she missed out on an Olympic medal.
Fifteen-year-old Valieva fell twice and made several more errors in her free skate to Ravel’s Bolero as she missed out on an Olympic medal.
IStock/nirat(NEW YORK) -- The ongoing dilemma in the Winter Games involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who is under investigation over alleged use of a banned heart medication, has athletes around the world calling foul. And while the circumstances around Valieva's situation stand out from other sports doping cases, given the skater's age and Russia's history around doping, athletes' criticisms that there is a double standard have weight and should prompt changes, according to sports law experts. "This is a bad look for the sport," Mark Conrad, the dire...
IStock/nirat(NEW YORK) -- The ongoing dilemma in the Winter Games involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who is under investigation over alleged use of
IStock/nirat(NEW YORK) -- The ongoing dilemma in the Winter Games involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who is under investigation over alleged use of a banned heart medication, has athletes around the world calling foul. And while the circumstances around Valieva's situation stand out from other sports doping cases, given the skater's age and Russia's history around doping, athletes' criticisms that there is a double standard have weight and should prompt changes, according to sports law experts. "This is a bad look for the sport," Mark Conrad, the dire...