Kamila Valieva's Olympic heartbreak in Beijing:

Описание: The Winter Olympics are winding down but not after a stunning result in women's figure skating. Russian prodigy Kamila Valieva failed to earn a medal after stumbling her way through her final skate in the women's short program. On this edition of #WakeUpCLT To Go, we're recapping the stunning turn of events and looking ahead to the closing ceremony in Beijing. Plus, the Wake Up Charlotte news team is growing by 1: Meteorologist Chris Mulcahy and his wife are going to welcome a ... BABY BOY! We're so excited and can't wait to share the news with everyone!

WOMEN'S FIGURE SKATING RECAP: KAMILA VALIEVA LEAVES BEIJING EMPTY-HANDED AFTER FINAL ROUND SHOCKER

A Russian woman was standing atop the figure skating podium at the Beijing Games on Thursday night.

It just wasn't the one anyone expected. Even the fact that there was a podium was a surprise.

Anna Shcherbakova, the overlooked world champion, delivered a clean performance in her free skate at historic Capital Indoor Stadium to win a stunning gold medal, while teammate Kamila Valieva — at the center of the latest Russian doping controversy — tumbled out of the medals altogether with a mistake-filled end to her Olympic dream.

Meanwhile, Valieva was left sobbing in the kiss-and-cry area. The 15-year-old phenom was heavily favored to win Olympic gold but is headed home with nothing from the women’s program and a looming investigation into her positive drug test.

Valieva was shaky on an opening quad salchow, then stepped out on a triple axel and fell altogether on a quad toe loop-triple toe loop combination. Valieva fell again on her other quad toe loop, keeping her from completing that combination, and spun out on another jump late in the program — though by that point, her fate was sealed. #WakeUpCLT #Olympics #WinterOlympics

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