The International Olympic Committee won't comment on whether Russian athlete who failed drugs test is 15-year-old skater Kamila Valieva

• The Russian Olympic Committee has found itself at the center of a drugs scandal in Beijing.
• Several outlets have reported that Kamila Valieva, 15, may have tested positive for a banned substance.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has refused confirm whether the Russian athlete at the center of a doping scandal at the Beijing Winter Olympics is the 15-year-old figure skater, Kamila Valieva.

On Wednesday, two days after the Russian Olympic Committee's figure skating team won gold in the team event competition, reports emerged that a member of the team had tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a metabolic agent that helps prevent angina attacks.

The medal ceremony for the event, set to be held on Tuesday, was delayed due to what the IOC said was "legal issues."

Multiple sources told The Guardian that Valieva, who became the first woman in Olympic history to land a quad jump during the event, may be the athlete who failed the drugs test.

Separately, CNN reported, citing multiple sources, that the athlete who tested positive is a minor. Valieva is the only Russian skater at the games under 18.

The IOC, however, has not officially confirmed that Valieva is the subject of the positive test, while the Russian Olympic Committee and the International Skating Union have also refused to comment, reports The Guardian.

At a press briefing Thursday, Mark Adams, the IOC's spokesman during the games, said he couldn't comment on the situation, Insider reported earlier in the day.

According to The Guardian, Valieva's case is being heard at an emergency hearing at the court of arbitration for sport in Beijing.

If Valieva is confirmed as the athlete who tested positive, then the Russian Olympic Committee will lose its team gold and the teenager will not be able to compete at the individual event next week.

It is unclear as to what further sanctions, if any, she would face.

A Russian skating official refused to provide comment to The Guardian about Valieva's case, as did the three Russian skaters who took part in the men's figure skating final.

Russian journalist Vasily Konov, the deputy general producer at Russian sports channel Match-TV, however, did appear to link Valieva to the reports on social media.

"The drug trimetazidine does not help an athlete in any way. At all. It was found in one single sample in December. A minuscule amount. Nothing in her samples before or since," he wrote, per The Guardian.

"There is no doping in the conventional sense. No! This cardiac drug has no impact on performance. Now leave Kamila in peace."