The Norwegian curlers who missed out on a bronze medal due to Russian doping want Winter Olympics organisers to hold a new podium ceremony for them in Pyeongchang because they feel “robbed of their moment of glory”. However Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky was on Monday charged with a doping offence after testing positive for meldonium, and is now likely to be stripped of the mixed curling bronze medal won with his wife Anastasia Bryzgalova. And Negregotten says that if Krushelnitsky’s ban is confirmed, then he would like International Olympic Committee to hold a new ceremony before the Games end on Sunday. “Knowing that they may have had an advantage against us in our games through cheating feels horrible,” he said. “If he is found guilty, then they’ve robbed us of our moment of glory, receiving our medal in the stadium.

Source: The Guardian February 20, 2018 05:29 UTC