Russian Figure Skaters Dominate Despite Olympic Ban
- 6 years ago
Russian Figure Skaters Dominate Despite Olympic Ban
“We can do a lot in these Olympic Games and win a lot of medals in a lot of sports.”
There was also socializing to be done here at the Russia House — well, officially, the “Sports House” — where one can find a buffet, the costume
worn by Adelina Sotnikova to win the 2014 Olympic women’s skating competition and, of course, photographs of President Vladimir V. Putin
GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Nominally, Russia is barred from the Winter Olympics, but
that was not obvious at the team figure skating event on Sunday as a cheering section waved the Russian flag and wore ponchos and hockey jerseys in the red, white and blue of the Russian tricolor and shirts and hats that said “Russia in My Heart.”
If there is any enmity toward the Russians for a state-backed system of doping
that operated at the 2014 Winter Olympics, it does not appear evident, at least publicly, in this most visible and closely followed of sports at the Games.
“We can do a lot in these Olympic Games and win a lot of medals in a lot of sports.”
There was also socializing to be done here at the Russia House — well, officially, the “Sports House” — where one can find a buffet, the costume
worn by Adelina Sotnikova to win the 2014 Olympic women’s skating competition and, of course, photographs of President Vladimir V. Putin
GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Nominally, Russia is barred from the Winter Olympics, but
that was not obvious at the team figure skating event on Sunday as a cheering section waved the Russian flag and wore ponchos and hockey jerseys in the red, white and blue of the Russian tricolor and shirts and hats that said “Russia in My Heart.”
If there is any enmity toward the Russians for a state-backed system of doping
that operated at the 2014 Winter Olympics, it does not appear evident, at least publicly, in this most visible and closely followed of sports at the Games.