Why Kamila Valieva is still allowed to compete in Olympic figure skating after positive drug test

Welcome to FTW Explains: a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. You may have seen controversy involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva after a positive drug test and wondered why she’s able to continue competing at the 2022 Olympics. We’re here to help.

That pretty much sums it up, right? Valieva — competing as part of the “ROC” — took the ice on Tuesday to compete in women’s figure skating, despite the fact that she failed a drug test before the Olympics in Beijing.

If you’re wondering what’s up with that, we have some answers: