BEIJING (AP) — The winners within the workforce determine skating competitors on the Beijing Olympics nonetheless haven’t acquired their medals two days later due to what the IOC mentioned Wednesday have been “authorized points.”
The ceremony to award the Russian workforce the gold medals, the USA silver and Japan bronze was pulled from its scheduled slot late Tuesday.
Reporters requested the Kremlin in regards to the concern later Wednesday amid hypothesis that the gold medals received by six Russian skaters may very well be in danger.
“Let’s, for the sake of understanding, anticipate some explanations both from our sports activities officers or from the IOC,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned.
Worldwide Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams earlier cited “authorized session” required with the governing physique of skating. Particulars of the case weren’t specified although might contain suspected athlete ineligibility or a doping guidelines violation.
“We’ve athletes which have received medals concerned,” Adams mentioned on the day by day information briefing.
The workforce occasion was contested over three days between Friday and Monday and included two parts in every of males’s, girls’s, pairs and ice dance classes.
The standout efficiency was 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva turning into the primary feminine skater to land a quad leap at an Olympics. American Vincent Zhou examined constructive for COVID-19 after his free skate Sunday.
If any athlete and workforce have been disqualified or had their outcomes nullified, an enchantment would possible observe, which might additional delay the medals presentation.
The Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport has arrange an workplace in Beijing to listen to pressing circumstances through the Winter Video games.
Some skaters within the males’s competitors are as a consequence of end their occasions Thursday and go away China quickly after.
“Everyone seems to be doing completely every little thing that the scenario may be resolved as quickly as doable,” Adams mentioned, although he cautioned “as you recognize, authorized points can typically drag on.”
Canada positioned fourth Monday and could be in line to be upgraded onto the rostrum.
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Related Press author Dasha Litvinova in Moscow contributed to this report.
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