While the decision to clear 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to compete again in Beijing after a failed drugs test has been widely criticised, the move has been welcomed in her homeland.

"I'm very happy for Valieva and glad that common sense and justice triumphed," said Russian Figure Skating Federation president Alexander Gorshkov.

The Russian Olympic Committee said: "We do not know how many tears and what moral strength this whole crazy situation has cost Kamila.

"But what we know for sure and what we can definitely do is cheer for her tomorrow, then on Thursday with all the strength of our energy."

Valieva will take part in the individual event, which starts with the short programme from 10:00 GMT on Tuesday (she is scheduled to be 26th of 30 starters) and concludes with the free skate on Thursday.

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Reaction continues to come in after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was cleared to compete again at the Winter Olympics.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) said it is disappointed the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) decided no provisional suspension should be imposed on the 15-year-old after she failed a drugs test.

"It appears that the Cas panel decided not to apply the terms of the (anti-doping) code, which does not allow for specific exceptions to be made in relation to mandatory provisional suspensions for 'protected persons', including minors," it said in a statement.

Wada said anti-doping organisations should liaise with laboratories to ensure testing results are received before athletes compete in a major event.

"The sample in this case was not flagged by Rusada (Russian Anti-Doping Agency) as being a priority sample when it was received by the anti-doping laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden. This meant the laboratory did not know to fast-track the analysis of this sample."

Read the latest on Kamila Valieva story here.

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The decision to clear Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to compete again at the Winter Olympics after failing a drugs test has been heavily criticised by Global Athlete, an organisation that represents Olympians.

"Today is another example of the failures of the global sport and anti-doping system," it said.

"The fact that Kamila Valieva, a 15-year-old Russian figure skater, has been found to have a performance-enhancing substance in her system is evidence of abuse of a minor. Sport should be protecting its athletes, not damaging them.

"Doping and the trauma of a positive test pose grave physical and psychological risks to all athletes but especially to minors. It is unacceptable that these risks have been placed on a 15-year-old."

It said that "athletes have lost confidence in the global anti-doping system."

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While figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete again at the Winter Olympics after a failed drugs test, she will not feature in any medal ceremony in Beijing.

The 15-year-old helped the Russian Olympic Committee to team gold, but Games chiefs have decided it would "not be appropriate" to hold the medal ceremony for that event.

And if Valieva wins a medal in the individual event - which starts from 10:00 GMT on Tuesday - the International Olympic Committee says no flower or medal ceremonies will take place.

Read the latest on Kamila Valieva story here.

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Of course, the biggest story of the Games has been Kamila Valieva and the fall-out after it was revealed the 15-year-old Russian skater had failed a drugs test.

Today, it was ruled "exceptional circumstances" meant Valieva should not be provisionally suspended and can compete again in Beijing.

Here's the latest...

It's been a busy day. And there is still more to come. So don't go anywhere!

We have two more medal events coming up - alas, with no British interest.

1100: FREESTYLE SKIING: women's aerials

1200-1245: SKI JUMPING - men's team

Then a little later, we will see British athletes in two other events as they aim to break the nation's medal duck.

1200-1445: BOBSLEIGH - men’s two-man bobsleigh runs one and two - GB Hall and Gleeson

1205-1500: CURLING - women’s curling round robin - GB v Canada

Good morning world! It's 10:00 GMT and it's time for your hourly news bulletin direct from Beijing.

Here are the headlines...

• Russian Olympic Committee athlete Kamila Valieva, 15, will be allowed to continue competing at the Games despite failing a drugs test in December. There's more on that story here.
• Two British athletes qualified for the women's freeski slopestyle final, with Katie Summerhayes and Kirsty Muir performing solidly to progress
• Great Britain's men's curlers beat Switzerland, leaving them one more win from the semi-finals
• Katie Ormerod could not progress for GB through women's snowboard big air qualifying
• USA's Kaillie Humphries won gold in the first running of bobsleigh's monobob
• There was gold for France in figure skating's ice dance, with Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson finishing 10th

Earlier we showed you some spectacular photography shots from the women's aerials (see 08.32 entry).

But if industrial landscapes are more your thing, the air snowboarding is the place to be.

The world’s first permanent big air venue is built on the site of a former steel mill, with four industrial cooling towers providing a distinctive backdrop to the 60m-high ramp.

Beijing? Could be Middlesbrough.

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Earlier, Kaillie Humphries dominated the field to win gold for the USA in the women's monobob at the Beijing Winter Games.

It is Canada-born Humphries' fourth Olympic medal but first for her adopted country, having only received American citizenship a few weeks' ago.

Read full story here.

"Pyeongchang silver becomes Beijing gold"

Here is the moment French duo Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron went one better than in 2018 to achieve their Olympic dream.

Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear brought a little bit of Africa to the Beijing ice rink earlier this morning with a routine to the theme from the Lion King.

It was good enough for a credible top 10 finish on their Olympic debuts, with France's Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron taking gold.

As we've been explaining, Great Britain will have two interests in the women's Freeski slopestyle final on Tuesday.

Here how our finalists - Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes - reacted to their qualification.

Whisper it quietly, but could Tuesday be the day GB finally break their medal duck at these Games?

They have a double chance with Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes both qualifying for the freeski slopestyle final.

Here is how they did it:

No medals yet but that win for the men's curling team continues a decent morning for Team GB.

If you are just joining us, here are some of the highlights:

GB's Grant Hardie on beating the Swiss: "We knew before the game the importance of that one, especially with the ranking as well, so it was huge to close it out and leave Bruce with the shot for the win."

On Britain's form: "We are not far away at all, we would like to take it up a match with three tough games to come, but we are close."

British skip Bruce Mouat, speaking to BBC Sport after beating Switzerland: "It felt like it was playing for them a wee bit but we got there in the end.

"I made a silly mistake at nine and Benoit made such a good one at 10, so it gives you nerves. But I'm glad that when I'm feeling the nerves I can make the shots."

On facing Sweden tomorrow and potentially going top of the group: "We would have to win out to get top of the board. We've played Sweden hundreds of times but feel were playing well enough to win."

Who wants to hear what the winning British curlers have to say? Excellent.

Quotes coming up...

Denmark have edged Norway 6-5 after an extra end to wrap up the morning men's curling session.

Here's how it leaves the table. Team GB are in a decent position with the top four places qualifying for the semi-finals.

One more win from their final three games should be enough you would think (hope).

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It's been a busy day. And there is still more to come. So don't go anywhere!

We have two more medal events coming up - alas, with no British interest.

1100: FREESTYLE SKIING: women's aerials

1200-1245: SKI JUMPING - men's team

Then a little later, we will see British athletes in two other events as they aim to break the nation's medal duck.

1200-1445: BOBSLEIGH - men’s two-man bobsleigh runs one and two - GB Hall and Gleeson

1205-1500: CURLING - women’s curling round robin - GB v Canada

DONG! The clock has just struck 9am in the UK (OK, the battery on ours is a little slow...) so let's catch up with what's has been happening in Beijing over the last eight hours or so.

Here are your 9.06am headlines...

• Russian Olympic Committee athlete Kamila Valieva, 15, will be allowed to continue competing at the Games despite failing a drugs test in December. There's more on that story here.
• Great Britain qualified two women for the freeski slopestyle final, with Katie Summerhayes and Kirsty Muir performing solidly to progress
• Great Britain's men's curlers beat Switzerland, leaving them one more win from the semi-finals
• Katie Ormerod could not progress for GB through women's snowboard big air qualifying
• USA's Kaillie Humphries won gold in the first running of bobsleigh's monobob
• There was gold for France in figure skating's ice dance, with Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson finishing 10th