A Russian tested positive for trimetazidine, an angina medication banned in sports, in a sample given at St. Petersburg championships.

A three judge panel from the Court of Arbitration for Sport will be hearing doping case against #Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. One of the judges was once picked by Maria Sharapova’s legal team for her appeal over a similar performance-enhancing drug. She is another Russian athlete and the former world No. 1 tennis player. Although she played under the banner of Russia with the Women's Tennis Association, she has lived in and been a United States permanent resident since 1994. #Beijing2022 

Meanwhile Russian ice dancer Diana Davis mostly remained silent as partner Gleb Smolkin snapped at reporters Saturday for asking about Davis' mother, embattled figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze, and her involvement in 15-year-old Kamila Valieva's doping case.

Failed Russia Test Clouds Olympics

• 15-year-old tested positive before Winter Games
• 'Adults should be banned': anger grows at those around her
• Russia defends teen star Valieva who took team gold
• Top U.S. anti-doper calls for prosecution

Unexplained delays related to a Russian skater’s positive test were an embarrassing failure of the systems designed to keep doping out of the Olympics.

Valieva's entourage under investigation by World Anti-Doping Agency http://reut.rs/3gGWGaL

IOC getting what it deserves for not holding Russia accountable for doping | Opinion https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2022/02/10…

Russian Teen Figure Skater’s Positive Test Is at Center of Olympics Doping Drama

The Russian Olympic Committee’s gold medal in figure skating in doubt after Kamila Valieva’s trimetazidine test

https://www.wsj.com/articles/figure-skating-olympics-doping-roc-1164455…

EXPLAINER: The drug behind Russia’s Olympic doping case

https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-what-is-trimetazidine-93aa21…

Valieva's future to be decided in closed-door boardroom, not ice rink reut.rs/3szwCUG

As the Olympic skater draw global wrath against Russia, It  is engaged in the largest military European build-up since the cold war. It has demanded that North Atlantic Treaty Organization pull back from eastern Europe and guarantee Ukraine will not join the alliance.

While continuous diplomacy has produced little, USA President Joe Biden warned that “the threat is now immediate” and reportedly phoned European allies to say that an attack was likely.