This decision has angered pros and skating fans alike.
Sports, Russian athletes have gotten around the ban by competing as the “Russian Olympic Committee.”
“Can we get a solid answer on the difference of her situation and mines?
My mother died and I can’t run and was also favored to place top 3.
The only difference I see is I’m a black young lady,” she wrote.
Her accusation of racism had followers divided.
Some pointed out that Valieva is a minor who probably didn’t know what she was being given.
“Not everything is about is about race!!
How about personal responsibility.
You (an adult) made a conscious effort to smoke weed.
Take the consequences,” one userresponded.
Others noted that pot isn’t a performance-enhancing substance.
