ROC Figure Skating Team Gold
Gold medalists of team ROC pose for a group photo during the flower ceremony of the figure skating team event at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 7, 2022.Zhang Yuwei/Xinhua via Getty Images
  • A member of the Russian Olympic Committee figure skating team reportedly failed a drug test, sources told The Guardian and USA Today.
  • An unidentified member of the team tested positive for a substance that is not performance enhancing, sources told The Guardian.
  • The team won gold in Monday's team event, but the medal ceremony has ben delayed.

A member of the gold-medal winning Russian Olympic Committee figure skating team has failed a drug test, causing the medal ceremony for the team event to be delayed, unnamed sources with knowledge of the situation told USA Today and The Guardian.

The unnamed member of the six-skater team tested positive for a substance that was not performance enhancing, multiple sources told the Guardian. 

The International Olympic Committee has yet to confirm the failed drug test, but said Wednesday that "legal issues" were holding up the medal ceremony.

ROC secured gold in Monday's team event competition, during which 15-year-old skater Kamila Valieva became the first woman to land a quad jump at the games

"I am very happy that I managed to do two quad jumps and one triple axel," Valieva said at a press conference following her performance.

"From the age of 3, I told my mother that I want to be an Olympic champion. This dream came true." 

The US took silver in the competition, followed by Japan securing bronze, and Canada in fourth place. 

CBC Olympics Reporter Devin Heroux said on Twitter that multiple members of the ROC figure skating team did not show up to their practice sessions on Wednesday following the medal ceremony delay.

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