Court cites lab delay in ruling allowing Kamila Valieva to skate

The judges who let Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva continue to compete at the Beijing Olympics blamed anti-doping officials for a 'failure to function effectively.'

The judges who let Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva continue to compete at the Beijing Olympics blamed anti-doping officials for a "failure to function effectively."

The full verdict was published early Friday, hours after the 15-year-old Valieva's mistake-filled free skate dropped her from the lead to finish fourth in the women's individual event at the Beijing Games. Valieva's lawyers suggested she tested positive "as a result of domestic interaction with her grandfather who uses `Trimetazidine' after heart replacement surgery."

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