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IOC to take no action against sign-waving skeleton racer as Ukrainian officials call for peace

Vladyslav Heraskevych, who held up a sign with a Ukrainian flag and the message "No War in Ukraine" after completing a run in the skeleton competition, escapes sanctions at the Beijing Games.

ABC News

Ukraine Olympic team calls for peace, IOC wants no protests

The Ukrainian Olympic team has followed the lead of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych in calling for peace

The Independent UK

Vladyslav Heraskevych: No action against Ukrainian skeleton athlete who flashed ‘No War’ sign

‘This was a general call for peace. For the IOC, the matter is closed’

The Independent UK

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‘Clean and innocent’: Valieva’s coach breaks silence with Cas to decide teen’s fate

Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old skater at the eye of a doping storm in Beijing, is set to learn her fate on Monday.

The Guardian - AU

IOC open to Kamila Valieva 'entourage' investigation after positive drugs test

Kamila Valieva, 15, is facing the prospect of being stripped of her Olympic gold medal after it was revealed that the child skater had tested positive for a banned substance

Daily Mirror

Valieva's doping case on the docket at Beijing Olympics

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva broke down in tears after an emotional practice session at the Olympics while her doping case is still to be decided

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: So why is Beijing holding another Olympics?

Nobody views Beijing as a winter sports capital

The Independent UK

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Attention shifts to team behind Kamila Valieva following failed drug test

The IOC continued to deflect the majority of questions relating to the issue on Saturday, citing the ongoing process.

The Independent UK

With Kamila Valieva’s Failed Drug Test, The IOC’s System Failed Once Again

A positive result for the 15-year-old Russian Olympic Committee figure skater calls into question her team’s gold medal and her participation in the Games—and the organization responsible for holding them.

Sports Illustrated

Alphabet soup of parties go to Olympic court in Russian case

One of the most anticipated events at the Beijing Olympics is the imminent legal hearing in Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case

The Independent UK

Kamila Valieva’s failed drugs test exposes Russia and IOC’s broken relationship

The story becomes a welfare story as well as a doping one due to the Russian being just 15 years old

The Independent UK

Russian Skater Valieva Failed Drug Test Taken before Her Golden Games Debut

Figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva won a gold medal having earlier failed a drug test and Olympic officials will fight Russia's decision to let her compete at the Winter Games, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said on Friday. The 15-year-old's gold medal and Games future now hangs in the balance…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Games testers confirm Russian skater Valieva tested positive for banned substance

Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance, Games testers confirmed Friday, and the IOC is now appealing against Russia's decision to allow her to continue competing in Beijing.

France 24

ITA Confirms Kamila Valieva’s Drug Test Returned Results of Banned Substance

The 15-year-old ROC figure skater’s sample returned a result for the prohibited substance trimetazidine.

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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, 15, fails drug test at Winter Olympics 2022

Valieva helped the Russian Olympic Committee to win gold in the team figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday, but the medal ceremony had been put on hold

The Japan News/Yomiuri

China, IOC must prevent incidents from overshadowing Beijing Olympic athletes

At the Beijing Winter Olympics, players performing at a top level have been constantly overshadowed by incidents. This is an extremely regrettable situation. Host nation China and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) must be held accountable.

The Independent UK

Johnson, Jones highlight most infamous Olympic doping cases

Russian star Kamila Valieva is at the center of the biggest doping story of the Beijing Games after Russian newspaper RBC reported that the figure skater tested positive for a banned substance before the Olympics

The Guardian - UK

Kamila Valieva: IOC refuses to confirm if teen skater is at centre of doping controversy

Multiple reports and sources have named Valieva, 15, as the athlete believed to have tested positive for a banned heart drug before the Winter Olympics

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Fate of Belarusian skier banned over political views in hands of ski body, IOC says

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday it was up to the International Ski Federation (FIS) to decide whether to take action in the case of a Belarusian cross-country skier who was barred from competition over what her family said were its political views.

The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics day six – as it happened

Day six of XXIV Olympic Winter Games

Sports Illustrated

Skeleton Veteran and Shirtless Flag Bearer Nathan Crumpton Is a 'Jack of All Trades'

The skeleton veteran representing American Samoa is an author, model, photographer and Princeton alumnus who is vying for one of two open spots on the IOC’s athletes’ commission.

The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics 2022 day five – as it happened

Day five of XXIV Olympic Winter Games

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What in the world is the Olympic Truce?

A U.N. resolution upholding the Olympic Truce has been passed 15 times

The Independent UK

Peng Shuai’s ‘huge misunderstanding’ claim ‘does not alleviate our concerns’, insists WTA chief

Peng Shuai made a further public appearance at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday after describing reports over her disappearance as a ‘huge misunderstanding’

The Independent UK

Peng Shuai interview ‘does not alleviate any of our concerns’, WTA says

Peng was accompanied by Chinese Olympic Committee chief of staff Wang Kan who translated her responses for an interview with L’Equipe

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