Moscow calls a scandal over Kamila Valieva's positive test for a banned drug a 'misunderstanding.' Others see abuse of a young athlete in a tainted 'Russian state system.'
, and her status for the rest of the Games remained muddled on Friday. Valieva, just 15, led her Russian teammates to the gold medal in the figure skating team competition on Monday, and became the first woman to land a quad jump at the Olympics. But the team never got their medals after a positive drug test was revealed.
Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, is seen during training for the 2022 Beijing Olympics at the training rink of the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China, February 11, 2022.
Peskov bristled at the notion that Russian sports officials responsible for Valieva could face prosecution under a domestic U.S. law.
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