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Russian figure skater allowed to compete despite positive drug test; American women win gold

A Russian figure skater tested positive for doping. But she’s still being allowed to compete in Tuesday’s event.

Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee speaks with Les Carpenter, who is in Beijing covering the games for our editorial partners at The Washington Post.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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