DISQUALIFIED
Court straightens out Russian curling medallist over doping
Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky was stripped of his Pyeongchang Winter Olympics bronze medal on Thursday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said. The 25-year-old was one of 168 Russian athletes who passed rigorous testing to compete as neutrals in Pyeongchang after Russia were banned over a major doping scandal. "The athlete has admitted the anti-doping rule violation; he is disqualified from the mixed doubles curling event." Krushelnitsky, who won mixed doubles bronze along with his wife, Anastasia Bryzgalova, has protested his innocence and officials have hinted at foul play. But Krushelnitsky decided not to contest Thursday’s CAS hearing, saying it was "stupid to deny" testing positive for meldonium, an endurance booster. However, CAS said Krushelnitsky, who is provisionally suspended, "reserved his rights to seek the elimination or reduction of any period of ineligibility based on ‘no fault or negligence’ following the conclusion of the Games". The International Olympic ...
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