I am joined by senior reporters Geoff Berkeley and Michael Pavitt for the occasion. We've eaten at a compromised time, we've completely changed our natural rhythm to our day and are willing to deal with the terrible venue food at the Capital Indoor Stadium too.

That's because Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected appeals from the International Testing Agency - on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Skating Union (ISU) to reinstate the provisional suspension on the 15-year-old figure skater.

This is the biggest story of these Winter Olympic Games, maybe the biggest ever.

In short, Valieva has tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine and a decision is still to be made over whether she will serve a suspension for the anti-doping violation.

This case is not straightforward because: 15-year-old Valieva is a minor, there is no understanding of what part her entourage played in the case, there was a long delay in testing for which the reason is still unknown and a suspension could be decided upon that does not cover the period of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games here.

The latter is particularly notable as CAS made a point about not punishing an athlete who is "not at fault" with a provisional suspension when procedures into her positive test are ongoing.

A week ago, Valieva was the darling of women's figure skating and a spectacle; now, the most infamous athlete at the Games and it is hard not to feel sorry for her.

Yet, it says something of the ongoing drama that the women's competition has become even more of a must-watch than it already was.

We purposely took the later bus to avoid being part of a tin of sardines, only for this one to also be packed, leaving us working while standing up.

As expected, everyone was already in the press tribune, watching the first skater, nearly four hours before the "main event".

To find three seats together was a task itself, but as if by divine intervention, they were presented to us, just a couple of rows from the back where we were able to see the sea of laptops in front of us.

The next few hours felt like the calm before the storm - you wouldn't know that the biggest name in figure skating was close to taking to the ice in competition for the first time since the doping scandal emerged.

I was in a very privileged position compared to my colleagues - I went on a whim to the conclusion of the team event, which the Russian Olympic Committee won.

Valieva was the last skater in the competition to perform and it felt like an fitting ending.

I was completely mesmerised by her routine to Boléro by Maurice Ravel, with the piece famously being the soundtrack to Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's incredible performance at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, when they won ice dance gold with 12 perfect 6.0s and six 5.9s which included artistic impression scores of 6.0 from every judge.

That was on the morning of February 7 - the following day the WADA-accredited laboratory in Stockholm notified the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) of the positive test and RUSADA provisionally suspended Valieva before this was lifted on appeal.

The day after this, Michael Pavitt picked up on the team event Venue Ceremony not taking place and started to put the pieces together, leading to our exclusive on the matter and the confirmation of the ongoing appeal to have the teenager provisionally suspended again.

Yet here I am just over a day since the CAS decision, at the women's individual, watching her finish top again.

This time, there wasn't the triumphant, powerful body language from her; instead, it was replaced by vulnerability. 

When she took to the ice after American Karen Chen, there was a roar that is usually reserved for Chinese athletes.

The Russian media gave Valieva a big reception, shouting words of encouragement. 

Then she fell on the triple axel.

It was the first time since the team event free skating - in which she became the first female skater to land a quadruple axel at the Games - that she had skated in competition.

Literally all eyes were on her. I could not spot a journalist or photographer looking anywhere but the rink. Pavitt likened it to watching a circus act in that no one could look away and there was an uncomfortable amount of attention on her, which we may be adding to, admittedly. 

But, she recovered, she got the rest of her routine completed and still finished with a score of 82.16, despite the mistake.

Kamila Valieva on a bad day can beat most skaters on their best.

She burst into tears following her performance, reacting to a warm applause from the crowd.

The obligatory visit to the mixed zone was pointless as expected. A couple of dozen journalists watched her walk through at a pace with a chaperone, an unspoken agreement between both parties that interviews would not be on the cards.

Her body language was reserved as expected. No matter how you view the case, she has had to deal with more stress than any teenager deserves to. Head down, no eye contact, just kept walking.

Above all, tonight's figure skating was surreal and emotional. To those supporting her, this was a valiant effort from a young woman with the world against her or at the very least, a victim of being a minor in a doping scandal.

To those against Valieva's inclusion, this was an unsettling night of sport at the Games that will forever be infamous to them.

What it isn't is simple. Opposing sides both have valid opinions on this saga. What hasn't been easy is watching what I have seen tonight, to then see misinformation spread about the case and comparing it to unrelated doping cases. 

The reason why there are so many feelings of sympathy, anger, sadness, frustration, confusion; is because it is like no other case that has come before and will likely not be replicated in this manner ever again.

For now, she can skate. 

If you can take yourself away from the debacle, sit and watch the Valieva show. 

Enjoy it while it lasts.