instead of burning our past for power, we can harness the energy of the tiny electron. we can create new ways to connect. rethinking how we communicate to be more inclusive than ever. with app, cloud and anywhere workspace solutions, vmware helps companies navigate change. faster. vmware. welcome change. welcome back. in just a few hours, one of the world s best women s figure skaters will defend her right to stay and compete in the olympics. kamila valiyeva faces a court of arbitration tomorrow after testing positive for a banned heart drug back in december. the 15-year-old was alerted on monday, the same day she led russia to a gold medal in the team event. however, medals haven t yet been given out because of this legal issue. a short time ago, valiyeva s
the ripple effect was damaging that there will be no medal ceremony for anybody if she winds up in the top three. the court of arbitration for the sport allowed her to compete in yesterday s short program despite objections from a string of organizations as well as former fabric figure skaters. that was the hardest event i ever had to and i want to thank you all for supporting the skaters that should be in this competition. whose life work is on the. line especially because there aren t many clean athletes out there competing on a level playing field. this is not i think of the olympics to have positive athletes competing. it s a mask, it s a total unbelievable mass and no one will make a decision. well despite it all valieva and in the night in first place. and she will compete again on thursday for the gold. but again, nobody will get a
be able to continue competing at these games but the international testing agency ladder and the iris i disagree and say she should not be allowed to continue as the court of arbitration will hear the case. these are pictures of her practising earlier on this morning and cutting a very lonely figure out on the eyes. you can see the talent there, the raw talent but the fact that she has tested positive for banned substances has cast a cloud over this competition and she will find out tomorrow whether she will be able to compete in the women s singles for which she is the favourite to win the gold. however, that decision goes, whichever way calls, its a tragic tale indeed. thanks for keeping us up to date on that and we will speak to you later. enjoy the very jealous. chelsea manager thomas tuchel said it was all down to the passion of owner roman abramovic, after they took the only honour they d yet to secure under his reign, the club world cup.
we have had an update on the teenager, the russian skater. yes. teenager, the russian skater. yes, the court of teenager, the russian skater. yes, the court of arbitration teenager, the russian skater. yes the court of arbitration for sport says it has now received applications from the international olympic committee, the world anti doping agency, and the international skating union against the decision by russian authorities to lift the provisional suspension of the teenage prodigy after she tested positive for a banned substance. we now know that that hearing will take place in beijing tomorrow evening, with a decision expected on monday afternoon. she was practising today because, as things stand, she is still due to take part in the women s singles event on tuesday, where she is favourite for gold. but her ability to compete there now lies in the hands of a 3 person panel. they are now dealing with a case that is both highly controversial because it concerns russia and doping,
wrist the last eight years for that exact thing. instead of saying she can t compete, the court of arbitration said she can compete. she s 15. there is a loophole to allow her to do that. also, she hasn t had time to defend herself. russia slow walked the test and never told the anti-doping people to look out for the test. we will obviously continue to report on that. absolute chaos. ioc answered in a big way saying we do not trust her performances, both the team competition ceremony, they won the gold. she was one of the stars of that team. that s off. no medal ceremony. the u.s. will not get the silver. the japanese will not get the bronze. that s sad for those athletes. the international athlete doesn t want any ceremonies. they can t trust her performances. it s almost as if she doesn t