OlympicTalk · Jan 8, 2017
Russian skeleton medalists’ ban lifted after appeal
Mikaela Shiffrin overcomes gate malfunction for bounce-back winA ban of Russia’s top skeleton athletes has been lifted due to a lack of evidence from a recent World Anti-Doping Agency-commissioned report on widespread Russian doping.
On Dec. 30, Russia’s two Sochi Olympic skeleton medalists, including gold medalist Aleksandr Tretiyakov, were among four Russian sliders provisionally suspended through Jan. 19 in response to the investigation into Russian doping at the Sochi Winter Games.
The four skeleton athletes appealed the ban and had a hearing in front of a panel last Tuesday.