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Yevgenia Medvedeva to speak at IOC meeting on Russia, reports say

Related Topics: Russia, Figure skating

, the clear Olympic figure skating favorite, will reportedly give a speech as part of a Russian delegation at an IOC executive board meeting Tuesday to announce if and how Russians will be allowed to compete at the PyeongChang Winter Games.

Russian media, including news agency TASS, reported the news Sunday. TASS cited the Russian figure skating federation head, quoting him saying that Medvedeva will be the only figure skater at the meeting.

Medvedeva would be part of a Russian delegation led by Russia Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov at the IOC meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.