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Sporting perfection, or an abused child?

Sporting perfection, or an abused child?

Such brilliance skates on thin ice

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Melanie Phillips
Feb 15, 2022
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Kamila Valieva, Beijing Winter Olympics

Could there be more sharply mixed emotions than those surely felt by many of us as we watch the astonishing performances at the Beijing Winter Olympics by the 15 year-old Russian skating prodigy Kamila Valieva?

Her artistry and skill are simply stunning. The way she moves seems to defy the confines of space itself. …

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