MOSCOW, February 9 Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Dmitry Svishchev called on the Norwegian media to apologize for the publication of the NRK publication that Russian athletes should not be at the Olympic Games. After Alexander Bolshunov won the skiathlon, NRK journalist Jan Petter Saltvedt wrote that Russian athletes should not be at the Olympic Games due to doping scandals.» The Norwegian media need to apologize to our team for such explanations. We do not repeat every day about cases of disqualification of their athletes, although we have something to remember. In addition, some asthma drugs were not allowed into China, in connection with which many Norwegians are clearly dissatisfied,» Svishchev said. He also said that it would be time for «some to stop the hysteria» and follow their own performances.
