Kamila Valieva cleared at Winter Olympics despite positive drugs test

13 February 2022 by Sarah Jones

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. 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 … Read more

U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor cleared to compete after negative Covid tests

5 February 2022 by Sarah Jones

US bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, a three-time Olympic champion who tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after arriving at the Beijing 2022 Olympics, has now been cleared to compete after two consecutive negative tests. Meyers Taylor tested positive on January 29, shortly after traveling to China. The positive test meant the Georgia native was unable to … Read more