Russia (bbabo.net), - Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov suggested waiting for official information about the reasons for the postponement of the awards ceremony for Russian figure skaters who won gold in the Beijing Olympics in team competitions.
Initially, the ceremony was supposed to take place on the evening of February 7, but the tournament organizers decided to postpone the awarding ceremony to Tuesday, then postpone it again.
"So far, we have not heard any official statements. Let's still judge by official statements," Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing on Wednesday.
According to Inside The Games, the reason may be doubts about the doping test of one of the Russian athletes. The Kremlin urged not to focus on such sources. "Let's still wait for some clarification from our sports officials, or from the IOC, for understanding," Dmitry Peskov addressed reporters.
Recall that gold medals in the team figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics were won by single skaters Mark Kondratyuk and Kamila Valieva, dancers Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov, as well as Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov, who compete in sports couples. Team USA came in second and Japan ranked third.
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