The head of the IOC met with the US figure skaters after the scandal at the Olympics

Beijing, February 17, Andrey Simonenko. President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach met with American skaters and discussed with them the postponement of the awards ceremony for the medalists of the team tournament of the Games, said IOC communications director Mark Adams. The Doping Testing Agency (ITA) reported that a doping test of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva from 25 December 2021 tested positive for trimetazidine. Silver was won by the US team, bronze by the Japanese team. «Bach held a meeting with the American team of figure skaters, the details of the conversation will remain between them. As far as I know, the initiative belonged to Bach, he himself is a former athlete, he decided to support the athletes. We also offered such a meeting to the Japanese team , but they said that they do not need it, they fully supported the decision of the IOC. There will be no more comments on this topic, «Adams said at a press conference. «We are in contact with the ROC at different levels,» Adams added , answering the question whether a similar meeting was offered to Russian skaters who participated in the team tournament.