Sochi Olympics – IOC asks Russian athletes to bring back their medals

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Three Russian bobsledes have to hand over gold medals

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has launched an appeal to three Russian bobsleeds to demand the return of the Olympic gold medal games in Sochi.

It is reported that the gold medals should be handed over by Aleksey Voevoda, Alexei Negotyalo and Dmitry Trunenkov

It was noted that in February 2018, the Sports Arbitration Court had confirmed the decision of the IOC Disciplinary Committee. who canceled the Voïvod results at the Sochi Olympics due to an anti-doping rule violation. Negotoylo and Trunenko have been acquitted but, like Voevoda, they should make the medals won.

"The IOC has already requested that the medals be returned to the eleven Russian athletes whose anti-doping rules had been violated at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games and before, their partners who competed in teams with them" , – says the Olympic Committee.

Reminder has already reported that the Office of the Central Prosecutor for the fight against economic crime and corruption in Austria had opened an investigation In addition, the head of the state anti-doping agency United States, Travis Taigart, had previously asked the International Football Federation to control the Russian team for doping. Such a statement from Taigart after a series of victories in the 2018 World Cup group stage.