Olympics: The ruling is in for 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, the ROC skaterOlympics: The ruling is in for 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, the ROC skater
Olympics: The ruling is in for 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, the ROC skater
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February 14, 2022
The GIST: Overnight, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva — the ROC skater at the center of a doping scandal — was cleared, with conditions, to skate in tomorrow’s women’s singles short program. A dramatic conclusion to this bombshell story.
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 Teen girls stand up against hockey culture  Teen girls stand up against hockey culture 

Earlier this year, players on a girls’ team had their privacy repeatedly violated when two members of a U-13 boys’ team entered their dressing room multiple times while the women were changing. A disciplinary panel later raised concerns not only about the incidents themselves, but how adults around the boys responded — including repeatedly characterizing the behaviour as an “unfortunate incident” rather than treating it as an opportunity for accountability and education. Inspired by Rick Westhead’s reporting, today co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz discuss what happened, the troubling “boys will be boys” response, and why changing hockey culture has to start long before players reach the pros.

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