(ATR) The IOC is working to hold a reallocation medal ceremony for the Norwegian mixed doubles curling bronze medalists before the end of the PyeongChang Games.
The Norwegian duo of Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten originally finished fourth but earned the bronze when the IOC kicked out Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii on Thursday after he admitted to a doping violation.
Krushelnitckii tested positive for meldonium. He and his wife Anastasia Bryzgalova were awarded the bronze medal earlier in the games but the medals have been returned.
"We’re still working on the modalities of where it’s going to be and when but we’re very confident it will happen," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters at the daily briefing in PyeongChang.
Nedregotten told The Guardian earlier this week that the pair should get their medals in a ceremony before the end of the Games.
He said the doping by Krushelnitckii "robbed us of our moment of glory, receiving our medal in the stadium. That’s not cool. That’s hard to accept, feeling that you’ve been kept out of the light."
The additional bronze medal bolsters an already impressive PyeongChang Games for Norway, which leads the medals table with 13 golds and 35 total medals, well beyond the country's previous best total of 26 medals in 1994 and 2014.
Written by Gerard Farekin PyeongChang
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