The IOC redistributed the medals of the 2014 Games after the disqualification of Zaitseva

MOSCOW, May 19.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on its official website announced the redistribution of awards and places in the biathlon competitions at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, given the annulment of the results of Russian Olga Zaitseva. Earlier, the International Biathlon Union (IBU) recalculated the points of the World Cup races in the 2013/14 season, taking into account the annulment of the results of Zaitseva, who was found guilty of an anti-doping rule violation. «The decision was made at today's meeting of the IOC Executive Board after the disqualification of a number of athletes and the corresponding adjustment of the results of their competitions by the participating international federations,» the message says. After Zaitseva's disqualification, the Russian team's silver in the 4×6 km relay at the 2014 Sochi Games will go to the Norwegian team, the bronze medals will go to the representatives of the Czech Republic. Gold remained with the Ukrainian team. The fourth place of the Russians in the 4×8 km mixed biathlon relay in Sochi goes to the Slovakian team. The French team becomes the fifth, the Ukrainians — the sixth. The top three winners were teams from Norway, the Czech Republic and Italy.