World Feb 19 Panel denies US skaters’ appeal to get Olympic silver medals By Eddie Pells, Graham Dunbar, Associated Press
World Feb 15 Amid doping scandal, Russian skater Kamila Valieva takes lead in women’s short program Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, the heavily favored 15-year-old dynamo at the center of the latest Olympic doping scandal, overcame an early mistake to lead after the women’s short program at the Beijing Games on Tuesday night. By Dave Skretta, Associated Press