There remains a chance that the International Olympic Committee will reinstate Russia in time to walk in Pyeongchang’s closing ceremonies, and USA Today’s Dan Wolken has written a column pleading with the IOC not to do so. Although Russia has been banned from competition for this Olympic cycle, several Russian athletes have been permitted to compete as “Olympic Athletes from Russia,” including curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii. Krushelnitcki recently tested positive for the banned substance meldonium. In Wolken’s mind, any attempt to reinstate Russia for the symbolic purposes of the closing ceremonies would be an affront to fair play in the wake of one of sports’ greatest doping scandals.
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