these are images from her latest performance. she stumbled at one point and was in tears at the end of her routine. but valieva was given a high enough score to take the lead. she ll return to the ice on thursday to try to win the event. the 15 year old had been cleared to compete by sport s highest court, despite failing a drugs test. the decision has been hugely controversial. the bbc s laura scott spoke to us from the side of the skate rink. the global outrage in this saga continues to spread with athletes and sports organisations around the world saying that this issue with allowing her to continue skating here in beijing sets a very dangerous precedent for the fact that she did test positive for a banned substance, and despite her age, which was used by the court of arbitration for sports panel as an exceptional circumstance, they say what message does it send?
gifting victory to canada. rarely has gold slipped away quite so dramatically. what a turnaround in that final lap! this is the final spin. meanwhile, the women s figure skating is under way. britain s natasha mckay recovering from an early fall to complete her routine. and soon the spotlight once again will fall on kamila valieva. the 15 year old russian has been cleared to compete despite failing a drugs test. it has now emerged she has claimed it was due to contamination with her grandfather s medicine. she will shortly begin her bid for individual gold under the sternest scrutiny. in the next half hour all eyes will be on kamila valieva and it will be fascinating to see how she copes after everything that has gone on over the past week. team gb still have some medal hopes to come not least tomorrow when dave ryding goes in the slalom skiing. the curlers have high hopes in their
the teenage russian skater, kamila valieva, will continue to compete in the winter olympics, despite failing a drugs test in december. the aa says the average price of petrol at pumps across the uk, hit a new record at the weekend, more than 1a8p per litre. ghostbusters. hey, anybody see a ghost? and ivan reitman, director of comedy hits like ghostbusters, has died. he was 75. good afternoon. borisjohnson has warned we are on the edge of a precipice overtreatment russia s military build up on the border with ukraine. in a tweet over the past hour,
of what they ve done to us. 15 year old russian skater, kameela valieva, will continue to compete in the winter olympics, despite failing a drugs test in december. the aa says the average price of petrol at pumps across the uk hit a new record at the weekend, reaching more than 148 pence per litre. ghostbusters! and, ivan reitman, director of comedy hits like ghostbusters, has died. he was 75. sport now. good afternoon. we start with the winter olympics, day ten is drawing to a close in beijing one of great britain s medal hopes are in action right now. one of great britain s medal hopes but things have not been going to
for sport ruled she shouldn t be suspended from competing. valieva s future at the games was unclear after news emerged she had failed a drugs test in december. however, cas ruled she can compete, saying the fact she is under 16 means she s a protected person and preventing herfrom skating at the games would have caused her irreparable harm. well, the decision has been criticised by the world anti doping agency and the us olympic committee but valieva will now compete in the individual figure skating event, which takes place tomorrow and the russian is favourite to win gold. former olympic champion robin cousins says the situation is far from over. she has been training the whole time here, even with the media circus around her, but at 15 years old, it is going to be a tough ask for her tomorrow for the championship. looking at the big picture, decisions have been made to look into, the hows and the whys and the wherefores back in russia regarding the training camp because it is not on