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Feb 18 • 4 tweets • 3 min read

'Why did you let it go?'

Coach Eteri Tutberidze, dubbed the "Snow Queen", was the first person to greet the visibly upset Valieva as she came off the ice.

"Why did you let it go? Why did you let it go? Tell me," Tutberidze can be heard demanding

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#BREAKING IOC president Bach says 'very disturbed' by Valieva's Olympic performance and says has little confidence in the Russian skater's entourage

#UPDATE IOC president Thomas Bach says he was "very disturbed" by Russian skater Kamila Valieva's performance in the Beijing Olympics final when she fell several times.

Bach added that 15-year-old Valieva was treated with "a tremendous coolness" by her coaches

Valieva's Olympic doping controversy.

#AFPGraphic outlining developments in the doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva who came fourth in the Olympic women's competition on February 17

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