"Postponed," postponed, reports the Games information system under the Awards Ceremony tab for the ceremony, which was scheduled to take place in front of Beijing's "Bird's Nest" on Tuesday.

There should have been gold medals for the athletes of the Russian Olympic Committee, led by the outstanding Kamila Valiyeva, silver for the United States, bronze for the Japanese after their performances in the figure skating team competition.

But when and for whom are there medals?

The award ceremony was canceled on Tuesday and has not been made up for so far.

Christopher Becker

sports editor.

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The industry portal "Inside the Games" reported late Wednesday evening Beijing time that it was actually 15-year-old Valiyeva who was at the center of the controversy.

The European champion was the first woman to stand two quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.

It is about a doping sample, from which it is not clear whether it was taken in a competition or outside.

Rumors circulating in Beijing also said the result indicated it was a recreational drug rather than a performance-enhancing drug.

As a 15-year-old, she should not be named if she had submitted a positive doping test.

Mark Adams, spokesman for the International Olympic Committee, said at the IOC's daily press conference on Wednesday morning that he could say little about the case due to "a sudden occurrence and legal implications".

The International Skating Union spoke of "legal entanglements" that required consultation with the IOC, wrote "Inside The Games".

There was no confirmation until the evening in Beijing.

The Russian news agency TASS quoted the spokeswoman for the Russian Skating Association Olga Yermolina, who said the association was waiting for "official information".

The American Figure Skating Association did not respond to a request from the FAZ.

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said in Moscow when asked by Russian reporters that official announcements should be awaited.

Meanwhile, Russian media quote coaches.

At sports.ru, Alexander Schulin says: "I don't know anything about this matter.

But all of this doesn't surprise me.

As soon as Russia wins something, such stories come up.” RT quotes Alexei Mishin: “If that's really true, then we're all in big trouble.

However, I don't think anyone puts up with that crap, maybe it's a big provocation."

Russian athletes will compete at the Beijing Games as athletes from the Russian Olympic Committee.

The background to this is the arbitral award by the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, which halved the punishment imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA for concealing and destroying evidence of state-organized doping fraud to two years.