Young star skater's Olympic fate hangs in the balance over positive doping test, as U.S. and Russia disagree yet again

Beijing — Olympics officials have confirmed that star Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance prior to the Beijing Winter Olympics, and her status for the rest of the Games remained muddled on Friday. Valieva, just 15, led her Russian teammates to the gold medal in the figure skating team competition on Monday, and became the first woman to land a quad jump at the Olympics. But the team never got their medals after a positive drug test was revealed.

The scandal has thrown figure skating at the Winter Games into a legal tailspin. Olympics officials finally addressed — sort of — Valieva's legal status for the Games on Friday after days of unconfirmed reports and speculation.