"Seeing her on Olympic ice right now with everything we’ve discovered over the last week. “To be honest, I almost don’t believe what I’m seeing," Lipinski said.
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Valieva was in the fifth and final group of skaters to take the ice and as she did, they relayed their emotions in real time. The duo reiterated the stance they made to NBC's Mike Tirico on Monday after the news from the CAS came out. Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski and Terry Gannon discussed Kamila Valieva early in the program, and went largely silent during her performance. Weir apologized to viewers that the scandal was "overshadowing your Olympics." Lipinski noted she believes it will "leave a permanent scar on our sport." “These skaters give up their lives for this moment, to get to this place. “It makes you question everything,” she said. and disoriented by everything I thought that I knew. "And just saying that now not only makes me confused, it makes me angry. "I don't know how many times over the past year that I've said she is the best figure skater I've ever seen," Lipinski said. Her lawyers argued she was accidentally contaminated with the drug from a product her grandfather was taking. The CAS panel cited her status as a "Protected Person" since she is under the age of 16. Valieva tested positive for the banned drug trimetazidine and a day before the competition, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld a reversal of the previous provisional suspension. We should not have seen this skate," Lipinski said. "I feel I need to say again: She had a positive test. It was an uncharacteristic mistake that typically might have prompted a gasp and further video review on air. It hit its uncomfortable crescendo when Valieva, 15, stumbled on her triple axel. It was an awkward performance in which Lipinski and Weir - known for bold fashion and fresh commentary - each noted one difficult jumping pass, but gave no emotion to it and did not give any further critiques.