MOSCOW, February 7 Norwegian TV channel NRK after the victory of Alexander Bolshunov in the Olympic skiathlon said that Russian athletes should not be at the Games in Beijing. The skiathlon was held on Sunday. The second place was taken by Denis Spitsov. Finn Iivo Niskanen finished third. The best of the Norwegians was Hans Christer Holund, who finished fourth. The current season's World Cup leader Johannes Klebo finished the race in 40th position. «Alexander Bolshunov won a well-deserved victory. The only problem is that he and other Russian athletes should not be at this Olympics,» the newspaper writes. The author notes that Bolshunov finished with the flag The Russian Olympic Committee in the hands, which contains the colors of the tricolor. «This is confusing. Russia still cannot be itself at the Olympic Games, only in part. The organizers of the Olympics, the Russians and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are constantly working on the limit of what is permitted,» the author of the material writes, citing the CAS verdict regarding Russian sports parody of the verdict.
