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TexasTowelie

(111,300 posts)
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 05:53 PM Feb 2018

Olympic athlete from Russia fails drug test, official says

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — The Russian delegation at the Pyeongchang Olympics has announced that one of its athletes has failed a drug test.

Two Russian state news agencies cited Konstantin Vybornov, spokesman for the “Olympic Athletes from Russia” team, as saying the delegation received an official notification from the International Olympic Committee of the positive test.

The IOC later Sunday said it had taken note of Vybronov’s statement.

Vybornov said a “B” sample taken from the athlete will be analyzed within 24 hours, but did not name the athlete or the sport involved.

The New York Times reports that the athlete, Alexander Krushelnytsky, who competed in mixed doubles curling with his wife, is the first athlete from Russia to come under investigation for using a banned substance in Pyeongchang. The pair won a bronze medal.

Read more: https://www.ocregister.com/2018/02/18/olympic-athlete-from-russia-fails-drug-test-official-says/

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Olympic athlete from Russia fails drug test, official says (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2018 OP
Doping in mixed doubles CURLING??!? shanny Feb 2018 #1
To say the least. JayhawkSD Feb 2018 #2
Exactly My Thought On It ProfessorGAC Feb 2018 #3
 

JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts)
2. To say the least.
Mon Feb 19, 2018, 02:17 AM
Feb 2018

He was curling with a woman. Hard to imagine how extra strength would help him.

ProfessorGAC

(64,419 posts)
3. Exactly My Thought On It
Mon Feb 19, 2018, 08:54 AM
Feb 2018

I saw this on the crawl on ESPN this morning and i thought "Curling"? Really?

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