Timeline of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's failed drug test
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The doping scandal surrounding Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) figure skater Kamila Valieva has rocked the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
The 15-year-old Valieva, a breakout star of the Games who helped the ROC take home gold in the figure skating team event, was allowed to compete despite testing positive for the banned heart drug trimetazidine, which is commonly used to treat people with angina.
The failed test only came to light during the Winter Olympics, and it remains unclear if the drug test controversy will see the medal revoked.
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