The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee have released a statement saying they are “disappointed” at the “message” Cas’s decision sends.

“This appears to be another chapter in the systemic and pervasive disregard for clean sport by Russia.”

“In particular, the panel considered that preventing the athlete from competing at the Olympic Games would cause her irreparable harm in these circumstances,” a Cas statement read.

“The CAS panel also emphasised that there were serious issues of untimely notification of the results in the athlete’s anti-doping test that was performed in December 2021 which impinged upon the athlete’s ability to establish certain legal requirements for her benefit, while such late notification was not her fault, in the middle of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.”

“The panel considered fundamental principle of fairness, proportionality, irreparable harm, and the relative balance of interests as between the applicants and the athlete, who did not test positive during the Olympic Games in Beijing and is still subject to a disciplinary procedure on the merits following the positive anti-doping test undertaken in December 2021.”

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can continue to compete at the Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport determined that no provisional suspension should be imposed.

The CAS cited “exceptional circumstances” for its decision, after the 15-year-old submitted a positive sample for the trimetazidine on Christmas Day.

They included Valieva’s status as a “protected person” under the World Anti-Doping Code, “serious issues” in the process of notifying Valieva of her result, and the fact a suspension could cause her “irreparable harm”.

Kamila Valieva has been cleared to continue to compete at the Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) determined that no provisional suspension should be imposed.

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will compete for her second gold medal on Tuesday at the Winter Olympics despite controversy after failing a doping test.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Monday that the 15-year-old the favorite for the women’s individual gold does not need to be suspended ahead of a full hearing.

The Russian team is now expected to aim for the first women’s figure skating podium sweep in Olympic history.

The prodigy, who became the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics and won gold, is the favorite to win gold.

After crashing out of Snowboard big air qualifying event on Monday, Katie Ormerod look optimistic for 2026, oozing confidence

“I’ve come here, done my best, and got the experience of competing at the Olympic Games and having experience of that pressure. I know I can go forward to 2026 with a lot of confidence,” she told BBC.

She went ahead with the Beijing Games after suffering and overcoming a horror injury while training at Pyeongchang 2018.

Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru finished at the best score of 86.15 to lead the 12 qualifiers for freeski slopestyle finals on Tuesday.

Two Team GB skiers, Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes, qualified along with team USA’s Maggie Voisin and Marin Hamill and Canada’s Olivia Asselin among others.

Summerhayes, who finished ninth, told BBC radio: “The second run was definitely better but I fell off that second rail. I’m happy with my jumps, so it’s a bit annoying.”

Russia’s figure skater Kamila Valieva is expected to know the decision on Monday on whether she can compete in the individual event following the 15-year-old athlete’s failed drugs test.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) concluded the six-hour long hearing on Sunday and will rule on her participation before her women’s individual event where is a heavy favourite.

The 15-year-old prodigy, who became the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics and won gold, tested positive for a banned heart drug on 25 December. But her results were revealed after more than six weeks.

IOC spokesman Mark Adams wanted all legal issues “settled once and for all before this competition starts.” But all the agencies – which include the IOC, World Anti-Doping Agency and the Russian team – could not agree on a process.

Therefore, the court won’t decide now whether Valieva is guilty of doping, nor whether the Russian skaters can keep the gold team medal they won with Valieva’s help. That would be separately investigated.

China has detected three new Covid cases among Games-related personnel on 13 February, the organising committee of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games said on Monday.

The three new cases were identified among new airport arrivals, including one athlete or team official.

The spike is similar to the number of cases reported on Sunday at the Games.

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France, the world record holders and four-time world champions, have won figure skating ice dance competition.

The couple finished at a new world record, winning a standing ovation and cheers from the crowd.

ROC’s Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov came second while USA’s Madison Chock and Evan Bates took bronze.

America-born freestyler Eileen Gu has taken China to the slopestyle finals in freestyle skiing. The 18-year-old is competing for her mother’s home country of China at the Beijing Games.

She secured her spot in the top 12 after overcoming a number of bobbles in her first qualifying run but nailed down a second trip down the mountain to qualify.

The slopestyle final is set for Tuesday.