Olympics-Russian paper says figure skater Valieva tested positive for angina drug


2022 Beijing Olympics - Figure Skating - Team Event - Women Single Skating - Free Skating - Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 7, 2022. Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee in action. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian newspaper RBC reported on Wednesday that star figure skater Kamila Valieva had tested positive for Trimetazidine, a drug used to treat angina, at the Beijing Olympics.

The newspaper did not identify its sources.

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