The Norwegian curling team of Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten flew back to the Olympics in PyeongChang in order to receive their bronze medals in mixed doubles.
Skaslien and Nedregotten originally lost to the Russian team of Alexander Krushelnitsky and Anastasia Bryzgalov, but things changed after Krushelnitsky tested positive for banned substance meldonium. The Russian husband and wife team ended up giving back their bronze medals, which then went to the Norwegian team.
Nedregotten had said during the week that he wanted to have a medal ceremony after being “robbed” of the moment by the cheating Russian team. The IOC made it up to them, flying him and Skaslien in from Norway first class. They received their medals at a ceremony on Saturday night.
Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten finally got their own medal ceremony to receive their bronze medals from the mixed curling after the russian team got disqualified for doping. They had returned to Norway but traveled back for the ceremony. Nice gesture from IOC! #Olympics pic.twitter.com/P03XtURbXL
— Andre Noruega (@AndreOstgaard) February 24, 2018
It all worked out well in the end.
