What I don't understand is why no one is criticizing the athlete's coach (who is most definitely at fault here). She is a minor and should not be getting her face and name dragged everywhere whilst her coach is not even metioned.

It's not just about the medals. It's about having the Olympic moment stolen from the clean athletes. That moment when the scores come up and all the results come in.

“I’ve never seen anything quite like this…and I covered Tonya and Nancy” 😂

Yuna Kim had to refuse to take a pill of pain killer to comply with doping rules even when she was suffering from painful injury. But then later in 2014 she was robbed of gold medal by lower ranking Russian skater whose urine sample found damaged and whose performance was poor. Now Russia knowingly sent doped skater to Olympics. I am a fan of figure skating and I was memerised by Kamilla’s performance but I dont want to see her in the competition today. They knew that they could slip away. What is Russia doing to this sport?

This is the 6th consecutive Olympics where Russia/USSR had been caught cheating. What makes you think they are going to change? If a guy walks into a bank 6 different times and robs it, what do you think he will do when he comes in the 7th time? This is a total insult to all those athletes who compete honestly. Ban all Russian athletes from all competition for 10 years. Maybe that might convince them to compete honestly.

Rules are rules, whoever does not follow rules should not join Olympics.

Apparently the latest news is that her defense was there was some kind of mix up with her granddads medicine. That’s as about as good as an excuse as “dog Ate my homework”

Yes I feel bad for Kamila, but worse for all the competitors who worked their entire lives for this moment.

So instead of impacting one athlete….impact ALL the athletes that compete in the sport?!? No medal ceremony?!?

2014 Sochi Olympics: Yuna Kim should be the gold medalist! But they gave it to Sotnikova, a Russian, whose scores were undeniably inflated both in the Short Program and Free Skate even if her performancs recorded underrotation, two-footed landing, wrong-edge and substandard execution compared to Yuna Kim whose performances were almost perfect and done artistically according to her planned programs! A lot of people around the world including commentators and great figure skaters expressed injustice but what did IOC do? 2022 Beijing Olympics: Valieva, again a Russian figure skating athlete, is found to be positive with a banned drug and she is still being allowed to compete! What? Even if the drug test was in December 2021, the drug already made it's positive effect on her. Valieva may not have the full knowledge about this because she's just 15 y/o, but I believe that somehow, Valieva and her parents know something. Valieva, her coaches and her doctors should be held liable and should not allow to compete. The act of letting her take a banned drug was a premeditated disregard of the rules and law of the sports. I admire Valieva upon seeing her performances but justice for all should prevail. She's just 15 y/o hence, she still has many opportunities in the future. Representatives from other countries who tried their best to abide with the rules and regulations and have the potential to win medals should not be punished just because Valieva is allowed to compete. This is another shameful and biased decision from the IOC.

Olympians goal is to WIN a medal 🏅🥇 and to be part of the Metal Ceremony. My heart breaks for all the Olympians who do everything right.

Lol banned from the next olympics? She most likely won’t even be skating by that point… she should be banned from this olympics.

Even the junior figure skaters are tested for ILLEGAL doping, beginning as young as 12-years-old. They are also educated on the consequences of ILLEGAL doping, and the lifelong harm it can cause to their young bodies. They cannot say that they simply did not know right from wrong regarding this matter.

What do the Russians have over the ruling body at the Olympics to allow this cheating take place? The rest of the skaters should pull out, leaving the cheater and suspected cheaters all alone. This would serve them right. Cheating is cheating and should not be tolerated - especially at this level!

If she didn’t retest to make sure it’s not a false positive, she should have never been allowed on the ice. Also, since when is marijuana an enhancing drug?? I feel badly for all the athletes who are competing fairly.

It’s always Russia who is dishonest during the Olympics.

The video description has an error, it wasn’t an IOC decision to allow Valieva to compete, it was a ruling by the court for arbitration of sport (CAS). The IOC was one of the 3 parties trying to stop her from competing by challenging Russia’s decision to lift Valieva’s mandatory provisional suspension hours after it was imposed for a positive test of a banned substance (the other 2 parties challenging the lifting of the suspension were the World Anti-doping Agency WADA and the International Skating Union ISU)

The country needs to be banned not slapped on the wrist.

IOC has Lost my respect and support for future games. I'm sad for the honest and hardworking athletes

All three medal contenders are from the same state sponsored club. The head coach decides what these girls do, eat, drink, take, say. Some former students of the club said these adolescent athletes have to check their weight three times a day. The medical advisor, who has been caught for assisting doping in the past, follows the team for every competition. The skaters are recruited from very young age and typically retire at the age of 16-18 y.o.. Life long injuries and mental illnesses including anorexia have been reported.

I think I actually one of the saddest parts is that Kamila Valieva would have probably done great without the Doping. But now she's going to be doubted forever and probably doubt her own abilities. she's a freaking talented kid.

This is nothing short of disgraceful

Sha'carri took her lumps, even when her mother died, so Kamila needs to take hers too.

God imagine being the Russian athletes who keep getting screwed over bc they don’t dope and they follow the rules but one person ruins it for them

Next Olympics? Should be this one, or the other countries should walk out in protest!

It's so sad , she is an amazing athlete and it's become all about competition with Russia and USA. Heartbreaking. I feel sorry for all the other athletes who played by the rules. She will be labeled forever as "that girl" who used the enhancing drugs.

IOC has multiple times showed that it never about right or wrong. Never about the athletes. It's about money they can make. Look at what happened to Peng.

Sha'Carri met consequences and most Americans agreed that the rules are rules. We do not take our athletes doping with lightness. I am in agreement with a BAN!...🖒. The only way to return respect back to this sport. This is horribly unfair!

Test gets sent to Sweden and somehow gets delayed for two months and somehow perfectly gets delivered right now? Someone is playing a game here. The bigger issue is the actual abuse of very young teenagers, destroying their own bodies, to skate. This should be the WOMEN'S skating, i.e. only over 18s allowed. No underweight children destroying their backs and general bone structure. They also tend to have amenorrhea as they are kept underweight, at a critical time for skeletal bone growth which is adversely affected by oestrogen deficiency.

I am tired of seeing people say that we are picking on a 15 year old. It is not about that. Yes she is a minor but since a young age we are taught that doping has consequences. This is a slap in the face for others. They should banned them

The 2022 ,will be my last Winter Olympics I will ever watch. I’m done watching cheaters being allowed to play.

She maybe 15 but she isn't naive, she should morally state she will pull out of competition. Hope justice will prevail and revoke Russia with the gold medal 🏅.

You saw that pause? That's when bullshit is coming weed more offensive than steroids to the Olympics officials

I can't get enough of Christine Brennan. I'll watch any video she's in. She's professional, fair, informed, to name just a few.

She has no decency. To know you are standing in the way of YOUR TEAMMATES gold medals, and the medals of every other girl who might make the podium and not drop out... no decency. No shame.

What they said is she is allowed to participate because she has tested negative over and over prior to the Olympics and during the Olympics daily. The investigation is related to a positive test back on Dec. 25th, that was not handled properly , in short order, normally in a 10 to 15 day span. These results were not revealed until Feb. 7th the day after the Olympic Team event. Are there any adults in question ? As to the testing agency, maybe they should do some other line of work that is less time sensitive.

Cheater always find excuses all the time. I am not feel sorry for this young lady. She knew exactly what she doing. She 15yr old she was not 1 yr old, that someone have to forced her to take medication.

This shames the whole @olympics 🤦🏻‍♀️

Sha'carri would of been embarrassed at the Olympics if she was smoking or not. Kamila without the drugs is a top 3 skater. 1 is 15 the other an adult. Both cheated. The only positive thing Sha'carri did was not lie about it when she got caught. respect her for that. Kamila is lying saying she ACCIDENTALLY took her Grandfather 👴 medicine.

To be honest m the other teams should have just walked out in protest !

Yes , agree completely. Needs to be banned from Olympics and World figure skating championships! Cheating is cheating

They should ban any athlete from ever competing in the Olympics for doping. Decades of steroids and better testing but yet its still a problem. Absolutely wild

Listen, she performed at the Grand Prix, then at the Russian Championship, then at the European Championship, at the Olympic Games itself, and all the tests for all the time are clean, isn't anyone surprised by the fact that there is one test with a microdose? Or do you want to make her guilty so much that no one notices the obvious fact of her deliberate withdrawal from the competition?

I know they worked hard to get there, but the other skaters should refuse to compete. This is complete bullsh*t

Shacarri spoke facts. I’m so sad we didn’t get to see her at the Olympics. I was so excited for that young lady.

All the skaters there should stand on the ice rank in solidarity and protest against the IOC and make her go home.

We agree 👏🏼 that is not fair with all the other ladies that have trained for this day.

The ban should starting right now, Completely unfair to ALL other athletes. This will be the down fall of the Olympic Games. This world is way out of control

Kids, don’t buy drugs. Become an Olympic athlete and they give them to you for free.

I seriously respect Christine for being so goddamn honest

Profiles in courage for reporters to stand up and just say it like it us. The drug cheating is out of control.

Lol...Her European and Pre-Bejing olymoics Urine test done in January came out first and clean while her December 25 2021 urine test came out only on the very moment she is already competing in her event? ..😁😁..she was pronnounced positive even without testing the B sample?..kinda suspicious right?Now IOC in return will not allow Kamilia's team to have Medal ceremony including if she wins her singles event .

Other countries should start doping as well. IOC obviously does care about fair game.

Valieva is 15! She did everything her coach told her to do. She should take a year off to make sure the drugs are out of her, before she competes again. Her coach deserves a lifetime ban.

Valieva doesn't need to be banned from next Olympics: she will have well aged out by then since she's from Sambo 70 and *all* their female skaters age out by 18 max, rifled with injuries and other mental health problems.

They were supposed to be banned this year.

Hackers released records on four female American Olympic athletes: tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams, gymnastics multi-gold medallist Simone Biles and basketball player Elena Delle Donne. These files show approvals by doctors for the athletes to use otherwise banned medications like Adderall or hydrocortisone for medical reasons. The files published online also relate to American swimmers Jack Conger and Kathleen Baker, tennis player Bethanie Mattek-Sands, basketball player Brittney Griner, fencer Dagmara Wozniak, track and field athletes Deanna Price and Michelle Carter, water polo player Mcquin Baron, diver Sam Dorman and wrestler Tervel Ivaylov Dlagnev. Conger was awarded a gold medal in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay alongside teammates Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, but didn't swim in the final. Conger was also present during the infamous gas station incident involving Lochte. Baker earned a gold and silver in Rio. Griner and shot put competitor Carter both won gold. Wozniak and Dorman brought home silvers. leaked files show approvals by doctors for the athletes to use otherwise banned medications as well.

In the interest of fairness and justice, I do believe that Kamila should not be allowed to compete and that Russia should receive a legitimate punishment, but the other part of me is like, *"Man this girl is so talented and she has clearly worked her butt off to get to where she is, what a shame for her not to compete!"* I just wish her coaches hadn't pressured her into taking the stupid drug, because she probably would have won anyway with all that talent. 🤷‍♂️

Also pot is not performance enhancing.

This girl absolutely deserves to be banned from the competition. No medal ceremony? What about the young women who earned the right to stand up there, cleanly and fairly? They just don't get their moment in the spotlight because she was allowed to compete. That's harmful. The good of the many, the good of fair sport far outweighs the good for one athlete. Russia deserves to actually be banned from the Olympics. A much better comparison than Sha'Carri Richardson is Andreea Raducan from Romania. At the summer Olympics in 2000, her all-around gold medal was stripped because she tested positive for pseudoephedrine - Sudafed. She was only 16 years old. That substance is no longer banned. If Kamila gets to keep her medals, somebody better call Andreea and tell her there was a huge mistake. I say raise the age 10 18. Across the board. You have to be 18 to compete in the Olympics. This is a disgrace.

The Olympics haven't been a "fair" playing field for decades. Those who have access to the best facilities, coaches, nutritionists, etc.. have a decided advantage. Ethics and morals have gone out the window along time ago so lets just embrace the mantra of today and win at all costs!

I hate booing, I'm so against it, but I would boo at her, if I were there.

If she's old enough to compete in the Olympics then she should be old enough to accept the consequences held to every skater in the Olympics, regardless of age.

Weren't they supposed to have been left out of THIS one?

I am not Russian Or American. Im Asian Filipino. For Us Rules are Rules. Disqualified Kamilla Because it's Unfair to Other Athletes who are Clean and Hardworking. Let Anna and Sasha Compete.

What about the U.S. track and field team? Please do some research, U.S. athletes also have long doping history. But I guess no one will call it “state sponsored” when it comes to U.S.

Yeah right, "she's from country that never cheat". lmao

Russia needs to be bain from Olympics more than two years.

Would she be this good if she wasn't taking enhancing drugs? She should be taken out immediately and banned forever. Rule are rules. If you can't follow the rules, don't play. Allowing her to skate on the premise of she's 15, young, innocent, you shouldn't punish her - that's a slap to all the other skaters' faces and telling them their efforts and playing fair doesn't matter. And if she lands in the top 3, no medal ceremony but she still gets the medal anyways - why are we punishing the other skaters and awarding her for her and Russia's behavior? Corruption at its finest. She shouldn't be allowed to compete in figure skating ever again. And all her medals should be stripped.

It is outrageous that Kamila Valieva is allowed to keep any medals and/or continue to compete. She was found to have a banned performance enhancing drug in her system. End of story.

Someone ratted her out and they can't found out what performance enhancing drugs she took until after her turn

Exactly,that’s what they need to do,the “disciplinary actions “ they take against them is just a “slap on the wrists “ that’s why they keep doing it,over and over and over again! 🙄

The American, Canadian, Japanese, South Korean, French etc women skaters left in the competition should all call Russia’s bluff and refuse to take part in the women’s competition. Yes, this is the Olympics and they’ve worked so hard, but it’s basically just a participation competition because they are competing against Russian children dopped by Russian adults. That’s the only way to make the ISU listen.

Wasn’t Richardson 21 when she was suspended? Everything seems to be hinging on the fact that Kamila is 15.

Wow, they muted something out at 3:03.. what did the guest say that they cut out??? I have to know..

First, I would never, accept or in any way condone the use of banned substances by any Olympic competitor. The Court of Arbitration for Sport declined to impose a provisional suspension on Kamila Valieva. The court cited three factors: (1) Kamila Valieva’s status as a minor. She is 15. (2) Limited facts, (3) Timing of test result notification, hindering her ability to mount a defense. I see numerous comments about “being fair to all athletes” and “providing a level playing field” for all athletes. How about also being fair to this young athlete who worked so hard to also be able to compete? I find it sad, had this been an American, Canadian, Brit, Japanese or athlete from any number of other countries, who was accused of having traces of a banned substance returned in an anti-doping drug test, comments on social media would be much different. I can assure you they would be pleading for patience and more time to investigate more thoroughly, checking for the possibility of false positives; checking the specificity and reliability of the tests and testing lab; checking the chain of custody and possibility of tampering with test samples. Do you think they would not fight for their athletes to compete until all the facts have been evaluated? Instead, I see in social media comments, a willingness to judge before all the facts of this matter have been thoroughly developed and thoroughly weighed. It appears it is easier for many to release their frustration with American-Russian-European politics on a 15-year-old girl who has worked to become the finest figure skater I have ever seen in my lifetime. Test the second sample (sample B) from December 2021. She tested negative in January and February 2022 and during these Olympics. Give investigators the time to complete a thorough investigation. Until then she should be allowed to complete. The Court of Arbitration for Sport was correct in their decision to let her compete. If further investigation determines that she definitely used banned substances while training or during competitions, then and only then should appropriate actions be taken. Heaven help those who have been quick to judge this talented young athlete on social media based upon limited facts. If you are ever unfortunate enough to have a questionable result returned on any kind of breath, blood, urine, or saliva test, and have officials immediately suspend your driver’s license for a year or ban you from activities you enjoy, without first providing you with an opportunity to mount a defense, you might be singing a different song. Would you want authorities to investigate more thoroughly before passing final judgement and assessing penalties? Before ruining a young athlete’s life? Give this talented young athlete the same consideration as you would hope to receive under similar circumstances. I stand with being fair to and providing the same level playing field to all competitors, including this young skating phenom, Kamila Valieva! May all the Olympic competitors achieve their seasons best during these games. I am an American who served 30 years as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer.

This is terribly unfair to all of the other athletes, and it is really sad for Kamila herself as she is a minor. Is she responsible? Yes, even as a minor. Do we know if she knew, or if adults around her snuck her meds? We don't but rules are rules. She shouldn't be allowed to compete, period. Then others would be able to get their medals. Sad and ridiculous all around.

They were banned from this one. They just changed their name. And here they are doing the same they did before.

Pop quiz: Where’s the famous dopper from?

Yeah, russia know the rules. They walk on a very thin line, and the break the rules all the times. WHY THE WADA do not let the US runner compete, but the Russian can? It is nuts...

They are allowing someone who failed a drug test, cheating in other words, to compete. The mind boggles at the stupidity.

Kamila Valieva could be a victim. Did you think about it? No? The positive doping result has absolutely nothing to do with Kamilas coach or team. Or with Ruasia. It comes from something else. As all 3 Russian figur skaters share the same coach and team - and one of them is even the reigning World Champion - Kamila could even be the next Nancy Kerrigan.

Kamila is better than all American sportsman all together

My sister is a pharmacist pharmacist, works as a medical examiner, she could not calm down with laughter for a long time when she heard these accusations. She said that these tests are so sensitive that they can even reveal a drug that was drunk a few months ago. If she is training (as many people say here) or regularly used this medication, then tests will definitely reveal it even after a long time. If only one of the three samples turned out to be positive, then it becomes a matter of deliberate sabotage or accidental ingestion of a small amount of drugs into the body. This is a Lynch trial of a child who was sacrificed by adult uncles and aunts so that people around the world would be distracted from the dirty deeds they are currently doing in Ukraine🥶

Why not do a redo of the medal ceremony during Paralympics? So that all medalist enjoy the podium if the medals are stripped. Why not invite the olympians to cheer the Paralympians and have the IOC pay for it out of their huge budget.

Why don’t the dopers and cheaters have their own competition amongst themselves? We don’t need to mix them up. Dopers v dopers. Cheaters vs cheaters. Clean athletes vs clean athletes.

Olympics should be scraped and the officials should be investigated.

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I think a lot of information about the situation is missing. And context is ALL when we decide someone’s future.

I live in the United United States and it's my opinion that either both of them should be allowed to compete or both of them should be disqualified! Which situation is worse! A 15 year old Russian skater gets contaminated by her grandfather's heart medicine. Hey US figure skater get flicked balls to COVID-19 when she knew she was going to the Olympics she should have been isolating herself for the last three months!

This is the downfall of the Olympics. Russia will be forever blamed for their cheating, lieing, and falsification just for their benefit. I, as well as many others will be the last Olympic games I ever watch.

“We get it” clearly you don’t?

Russia never learn!!!! Banned them in any competition

But they already were banned...and then brought back again under their new name, ROC...

The Russian athlete has never taken doping, not a single commission has proven this. The decision was not based on facts, but on theory... these are fantasies... on the basis of which honestly earned awards were specially selected. Political games. And now the United States will sit with other people’s medals, look at them and understand that it will never deserve these!!! That these are other people's medals!!! Is this a sport in the USA where you get awards by taking them away from other athletes? Ugh, how shameful this is!

I agree. We don’t need those cheaters at the Olympics. There are many outstanding athletes from around the globe. The Olympics will be better without them.

All of the other countries competing with ROC tonight should pull out! There would be SWIFT reaction!!!

I hate cheaters. I hate stealing. Someone doping is both a cheater and a thief. I don't feels sorry for a 15 year old who grew up in a sport knowing the rules and chose to disobey. She absolutely should have been banned. She is 15! If a 15 yr old cheats at school on a final, we don't say, oh they're still children they don't know better. No. They get in trouble. They suffer consequences that they were completely aware of and chose to cheat anyway. And this is just due a game. A student may absolutely need high grades to get in to a good college. A good college education is way more important than a game. But I still think the cheater trying to better themselves is way more understandable than a cheater trying to win a damn game. But I can't stand cheating in any scenario. But I definitely can't stand the thought of letting a teenager, who is fully capable of understanding the rules of their sport, get a pass at breaking those rules just bc they're 15. My daughters friend has been having to sign contracts since she was 10 for soccer (she's really good). She is also 14. Do you think if she broke those rules in her contract at age 10 or 11, they would have let it slide? No. Bc she knew what she could and couldn't do. How is this any different? Its a bigger stage than my daughters friend, but cheating is cheating and those caught absolutely should gave the consequences. Ok. My rant is over. This whole thing makes my blood boil. We all know Russia cheats. They always have. I am appalled at seeing people say it's ok for this 15 yr old bc she's a child. I would argue if you're big enough to go to the Olympics, you're big enough to knew right from wrong

If Valieva ends up first place, she should not get a medal until the investigation is done but the medal ceremony should proceed for the other athletes…kick the Russians out!!! Why should this one athlete be treated more special than the others and let the other athletes suffer for one person’s mistake???? How about the other athletes well-being? Doesn’t that count?

Imo, the woman in this interview needs to be banned from commenting on sports, to say sports competitors not doping should be banned, a completely invalid formation of opinion. Secondly if anyone is going to compete in the Olympics and they eventually decide to change location to not host in China, that might be alright, but to say the Olympics should not be going on at all, for anyone, if no one is going to watch but what is this type of thinking to suggest this. Every contestant out, even the sober people. 🥴