Olympic figure skating gold medalist Anna Shcherbakova said she feels "emptiness inside" despite winning the women's singles skating event amid a doping scandal centered around her Russian Olympic Committee teammate Kamila Valieva.
"I was feeling a lot of pleasure because I happened to be in the right time and the right place and did the right things — that's the important thing," Shcherbakova said at a post-event press conference, according to a translation from The New York Times. "On the other hand, I feel this emptiness inside."
Valieva — who was allowed to compete in the singles event despite failing a drug test last month — fell twice in her free skate, crushing her hopes of earning a medal after being the leading skater heading into Thursday's event.
She ultimately placed fourth in the event.
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