PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):
5:20 p.m.
The Winter Olympics are more than halfway done, and the Russians still don’t have a gold medal.
It’s an unpleasant experience for the nation that finished top of the medal table in Sochi with 13 gold medals — though two have since been stripped for doping.
But then again, the country of Russia is not here.
On the wall of the “Olympic Athletes from Russia” delegation office in Pyeongchang is a board with Russian medal winners’ photos attached under pictures of gold, silver and bronze medals. The gold column is empty.
Like most of the world, Russia counts gold medals first in the standings, so to sit behind gold-winning Belarus and Britain is galling.
Dozens of Russian athletes weren’t invited to the games because the International Olympic Committee said it couldn’t be sure they hadn’t been part of doping schemes.
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