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Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during a training session at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games on February 13, 2022. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images hide caption

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The 2022 Winter Olympics

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva cleared to keep competing at Beijing Olympics

The International Olympic Committee says it will abide by a decision that 15-year-old Kamila Valieva be allowed to skate in Beijing but if she wins "no medal ceremony will take place."

Tariq Trotter portrays a scientist who has invented a machine that can turn Black people white in the off-Broadway musical Black No More. Monique Carboni/The New Group hide caption

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A machine turns Black people white in the musical 'Black No More'

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Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during a training session at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games on February 13, 2022. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images hide caption

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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva cleared to keep competing at Beijing Olympics

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