The International Olympic Committee has responded to accusations by American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson insinuating double standards in the handling of Russian Olympic Committee figure skater Kamila Valieva's failed drug test.
"You can't talk about double standards in relation to Russian and American athletes, each case is individual," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said, per The Independent's Jack Rathborn (via Yahoo Sports).
Valieva, a 15-year-old phenom who helped lead the ROC to a gold medal in the women's free skate team event, was cleared to continue competing despite testing positive for a prohibited medication called trimetazidine.