Russia`s figure skater Kamila Valieva competes in Russia`s Skate Jumping Championship at Navka arena in Moscow on January 31, 2026. Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva returns to competitive sport on Saturday hoping to roll back the years in a once promising career blighted by a doping scandal. Aged just 15 years she had propelled Russia to team gold at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, becoming the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in an Olympic competition, but that medal and all her other titles from December 2021 onwards were stripped after it emerged she had failed a doping test before the Winter Olympics, a decision the Kremlin denounced as "politicised". (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)