Controversial figure skater Kamila Valieva set for return in Russian-only event

Kamila Valieva is set to return to competition in Russia this weekend (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Thirty-seven days after her dramatic fall from grace at the Winter Olympics, Kamila Valieva will return to competition in Saransk this weekend with no apparent conclusion to the doping case that blighted the Beijing Games in sight.

The 15-year-old Russian figure skater is set to compete in the Channel One Cup, a Russian-only event contrived to clash with the World Championships, which start on Wednesday in Montpellier, and from which all Russian skaters are banned due to sanctions imposed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.