Debacle on ice: Olympics women’s figure skating was the opposite of heartwarming
by Grace McDermott from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5W9P9)
The scene after the end of the women's free skate was hard to watch Thursday - tears, screaming, and heartbreak pouring from the Russian athletes expected to sweep the podium, their Olympic experience destroyed by a doping scandal involving the country's 15-year-old star, Kamila Valieva.