An Olympic controversy

<p>Despite testing positive for a banned substance, Russian figure skater&nbsp;<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/beijing/2022/02/15/russia-kamila-valieva-shaky-first-skate-figure-skating/6785997001/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kamila Valieva</a>&nbsp;was allowed to continue to compete in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The decision is causing a wave of controversy. Is the 15 year old blameless in the situation? Should she have been able to compete at all? What does this say about the Olympic spirit. Those are some of the questions USA TODAY editorial board member&nbsp;<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/staff/2646265001/thuan-le-elston/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thuan Le Elston</a>&nbsp;addresses in a conversation with James Brown.&nbsp;&nbsp;To read Thuan Le Elston's article on USA TODAY click<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2022/02/16/olympics-russia-kamila-valieva-figure-skater-fail/6794873001/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here</a>.</p><p>To read Christine Brennan's piece click <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/brennan/2022/02/18/kamila-valieva-scandal-spurs-talk-increase-olympics-minimum-age/6846938001/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>To read Nancy Armour's piece click <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2022/02/16/kamila-valieva-shacarri-richardson-wada-ioc-doping-cases/6810429001/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>To stay connected with James Brown on twitter click<a href="https://twitter.com/jamesbrowntv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here</a>.</p><p>To stay connected with Thuan Le Elston click<a href="https://twitter.com/thuanelston" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Episode Transcript <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/01/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-begins-mcrib-back-5-things-podcast/6230747001/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_