International Olympic Committee reinstates Russian team's membership

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reinstated the membership of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), ROC President Alexander Zhukov told reporters on Wednesday.

"Today, we received a letter from the IOC on the reinstatement. The ROC's reinstatement comes as the examination of doping tests from the PyeongChang Olympics has ended. The IOC may confirm that the other results (of examination of Russian athletes' doping samples) are negative.
This means that the ROC's rights have been fully reinstated," Zhokov was quoted as saying by Tass news agency.

The ROC chief noted that a huge effort had gone into the membership's reinstatement.

"You know that the past three months have been among the most challenging ones in Russian sports history," Zhukov said.