How U.S. Skaters Feel About Kamila Valieva’s Ban

Figure skating has its share of drama, but it’s not a sport generally linked to doping. That changed at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2022, when a sample from Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was positive for a banned substance. It’s taken two years for sport’s highest court, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), to decide Valieva’s fate.

In a decision announced on Jan. 29, a three-member arbitration panel decided to ban Valieva from competing for four years, starting retroactively in 2021, when she provided the sample at the Russian national championships. The results …