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All sports at the 2014 sochi winter olympic games. you know firsthand the intense pressure these young athletes face. valieva is also 15, a minor. many feel she's a victim here and shouldn't be held responsible for this positive test, but you disagree with that. >> you know, i -- i think that there is definitely coaching issues with her team if there has been a drug found in her system, which she did fail a drug test. and i was also 15 at the olympics. i know the rules. i signed the anti-doping agency contracts, and i think that everybody needs to be held accountable for their acs no matter wh...

Matter what age you are in order to provide a clean, fair playing field for every single athlete regardless of age. >> christine, some skating officials are pushing to raise the minimum age of valiyeva's event from 15 to 17 before the 2026 olympics. do you think this is the right move? >> don, you know puleana is such an important voice here because she lived it and she did it right. i think the idea of age limits, in other words so you couldn't be maybe 18 years old asthma rya bell said, my concern is just then at the younger levels they'll be cheating and gearing up so when they turn 18 tryi...

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Try metamucil, and begin to feel what lighter feels like. a former u.s. figure skating champion is dead, found in his kansas city apartment building. >> this happened just a day after he was suspended for possible misconduct. coy wire has been watching this. this had to be pretty shocking. >> news of this passing of the two-time former u.s. pairs champion john coughlin has completely shaken the skating community and this is ahead of u.s. figure skating's marquee event, the national championships. coughlin's sister is the one who posted on facebook friday he took his own life. one day earlier...

I would have shook the man's hand and say, congratulations, i hope you do very well if i loss the. >> reporter: here we thought the dutch tradition was for a little boy to stick his finger in the dike to stop the leak not raise two fingers at a competitor. is he sorry? >> translator: of course, i regret it. it p has out of emotion and not actually conviction. it just sucks. >> reporter: skating officials disqualified him for his behavior. that won't prevent him from facing his russian rival next at the olympics in sochi. they played old video of the skater saying he has a history of losing his...