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Figure skater Kamila Valieva received a four-year ban for doping

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) figure skater Kamila Valieva was handed a four-year ban for doping on Monday, resulting in a reallocation of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics medals.

January 31, 2024

Olympics Day 15 Recap: Team USA

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February 18, 2022

Olympics: What these games showed us about figure skating in Russia

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February 18, 2022

Olympics Day 14 Recap: Team USA

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February 17, 2022

Olympics: Kamila Valieva competes

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February 15, 2022

Olympics: The ruling is in for 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, the ROC skater

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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.

February 14, 2022

Olympics: More on Kamila Valieva - the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater

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The GIST: With next week’s women’s singles figure skating competition looming, the story of Kamila Valieva — the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater at the center of a doping controversy — continues to accelerate.

February 11, 2022

Olympics: ROC 15-year-old sensation fails drug test

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Olympics: ROC 15-year-old sensation fails drug test

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February 10, 2022

The GIST: In a stunning update to yesterday’s news about an ROC figure skater failing a drug test, the skater is allegedly 15-year-old sensation Kamila Valieva. Just awful.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #455

Saquon Barkley plays 18 with President Trump

April 29, 2025

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Saquon Barkley plays 18 with President Trump

Mr. Barkley goes to Washington.

But before he visited the White House yesterday to celebrate the Philadelphia Eagles 2025 Super Bowl win, superstar running back Saquon Barkley spent some one-on-one time with President Donald Trump, raising the eyebrows of many football fans — especially after his Super Bowl MVP teammate Jalen Hurts didn’t make the trip at all.

On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz share their reactions to Barkley’s surprising afternoon with the polarizing president and add crucial context to the recent history of championship teams visiting 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Football is always top of mind.