MOSCOW — The head of the Russian Olympic Committee is stepping down from his post, three months after athletes from his country were forced to compete at the Pyeongchang Games as neutral athletes. Zhukov has led the ROC since 2010 and spent much of that time battling allegations of widespread doping in Russian sport. Pozdnyakov led the “Olympic Athletes from Russia” delegation in February, when the country’s official team was banned because of doping. Pozdnyakov, like International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, is a former fencer who won an Olympic gold medal. Zhukov has been an IOC member and his departure from the ROC would leave Russia with two members instead of three, unless the IOC votes to add his successor.

Source: National Post May 02, 2018 11:37 UTC