Moscow, Jan 30, 2026 (AFP) - Russian figure skating prodigy Valieva set for comeback -- but not at Olympics

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Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva returns to competitive sport on Saturday hoping to roll back the years in a once promising career blighted by a doping scandal. Aged just 15 years she had propelled Russia to team gold at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, becoming the first skater to land a quadruple jump in an Olympic competition. But that medal and all her other titles from December 2021 onwards were stripped after it emerged she ha......

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