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#BREAKING USA snowboarder Shaun White misses medal in last Olympics

#UPDATE Retiring American snowboard legend Shaun White misses out on a halfpipe medal in his last competition at the Beijing Olympics, finishing fourth, as Japan's Ayumu Hirano claims gold.

Australia's Scotty James took silver and Switzerland's Jan Scherrer bronze

#BREAKING Russian olympic skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for banned substance: testers

#UPDATE Russian skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for banned substance ahead of the Beijing Olympics before being cleared by her country, but IOC will appeal against that decision, testing agency says.

Case will be decided by Court of Arbitration for Sport before February 15

#BREAKING Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami wins women's Olympic super-G

#UPDATE Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami adds Olympic super-G gold to her world title at the Beijing Games as USA's Mikaela Shiffrin finished ninth after flunking her first two events.

Gut-Behrami, who has already won giant slalom bronze in Beijing, timed 1min 13.51sec for victory

#BREAKING Russian Olympic Committee says skater Kamila Valieva has right to compete in Beijing and that her gold medal stands

#UPDATE Russian Olympic Committee says Kamila Valieva has right to compete in Beijing and her gold medal should stand, after she failed doping test.

Valieva has "the right to train and take part in competitions... until the Court of Arbitration for Sport decides otherwise": ROC

#BREAKING Russian Olympic chief says has 'serious questions' over Valieva doping tests

#UPDATE Russian Olympic chief Stanislav Pozdnyakov tells RIA Novosti he has "serious questions" over Kamila Valieva's doping tests.

"The timings of sample processing raise serious questions...It seems like someone held the sample until the end of the team skating tournament"

#BREAKING Kremlin 'fully supports' skater Valieva in Olympic doping row

#UPDATE The Kremlin says it is fully behind Russian figure skater #KamilaValieva whose Olympic gold medal at #Beijing2022 hangs in the balance after she failed a doping test
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