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Teenage Russian figure skater, Kamila Valieva, failed a drugs test in December, the International Testing Agency has confirmed.
The 15-year-old helped win team figure skating gold for the Russian Olympic Committee on Monday but the medals were not awarded because of a "legal issue".
The Russian Anti Doping Agency (Rusada) lifted her suspension, enabling her to continue at the Beijing Games.
The International Olympic Committee has now appealed against that decision.
As has the International Skating Union, calling on the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) to reinstate Valieva's provisional suspension.
The ITA said Valieva, who was the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in competition, had a sample collected on Christmas Day at the Russian Figure Skating Championships in St Petersburg.
It was sent to the World Anti Doping Agency (Wada)-accredited laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden.
The result was only reported on 8 February, the day after she won team gold but before the medal ceremony had taken place.
Valieva tested positive for trimetazidine, which is used in the prevention of angina attacks, but is on the Wada banned list because it is classed as a cardiac metabolic modulator and has been proven to improve physical efficiency.
She was provisionally suspended but challenged the decision and Rusada agreed to lift it on 9 February.
Cas will now hear the case before her scheduled appearance in the individual event, which starts on Tuesday, 15 February.
Valieva, who is favourite for the women's singles, has been seen training at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing.
Full story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/60329120
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Pretty depressing story, partly for showing that Russia is still at it and for a 15 year old girl to be doping she's obviously under some very malign influences, feel pretty sorry for her