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Helene Elliott: In wake of Kamila Valieva's disqualification, delayed justice for U.S. figure skaters

Madison Chock and Evan Bates skate in the Ice Dance Free Dance during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Nationwide Arena on Jan. 27, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio.

Their golden moment is gone, never to be enjoyed as it should have been, on the ice where nine American figure skaters were robbed of a gold medal in the Beijing Olympics team competition because of the doping-fueled performance of Russian teenager Kamila Valieva.

But after nearly two years of plodding investigations and more than a few anxious moments, justice for the U.S. skaters, though delayed, has not been denied. A decision rendered Monday by the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sports confirmed Valieva had committed an anti-doping violation and as

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