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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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Ep #432

The GIST’s sixth annual Super Bowl preview

February 06, 2025

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The GIST’s sixth annual Super Bowl preview

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You already know what time it is. On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz kick off Super Bowl weekend with a full preview of the biggest event in sports.

Will quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs achieve a historic three-peat? Can running back Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles soar to a revenge victory? Will Kendrick Lamar bring out Taylor Swift at halftime? Tune in as El and Steph discuss all of these questions and more.