<p>Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva overcame a shaky start to capture first place in the women's short program Tuesday. The teen phenom, who has been at the center of a doping scandal at the Games, received a score of 82.16 despite stumbling on her opening triple axel to lead Russia. Her teammate Anna Shcherbakova was second. </p><p></p><p>Elsewhere Tuesday, teenage freeskier Eileen Gu, competing for China, secured her second medal of the Games with silver in the women's slopestyle. The U.S. earned just one medal, a bronze in team pursuit speedskating. </p><p></p><p><strong>Chris Kamrani: </strong><a href="https://theathletic.com/3121808/2022/02/10/nathan-chen-and-the-olympic-gold-medal-that-only-nathan-chen-could-win/" target= self>Nathan Chen and the Olympic gold medal that only Nathan Chen could win</a></p><p><strong>Levi Weaver: </strong><a href=&
Italy's Sofia Goggia revealed she defied the pain barrier to ski her way to Olympic silver in the women's downhill Sunday just three weeks after suffering a horror crash.
Teen sensation Kamila Valieva put aside the emotional exhaustion from being at the center of a doping scandal and took the lead in the women’s figure skating competition after the short program at the Beijing Olympics. Valieva was skating despite a positive drug test. She started her pursuit of a second gold medal with a score of 82.16 points. She faltered on her opening triple axel and then made it through the rest of her program. The 15-year-old Valieva tested positive in December for a banned heart medication. The result only emerged last week after she helped Russia win gold in the team event with a historic performance.
Alex Pantling/Getty Images(BEIJING) U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin on Tuesday came up empty handed in her fourth competition, placing 18th in the downhill