In a notable Russian victory on Thursday, the IOC dropped a case against an athlete but declined to confirm the person’s identity “in order to protect the rights of the athlete.”
Russian news agencies reported that it was figure skating gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova.
“To be honest, we expected this result from the investigation into Sotnikova because we were sure that everything would be cleared up,” Russian Figure Skating Federation president Alexander Gorshkov told the R-Sport agency.
The Sotnikova news came on the same day that the IOC disqualified four more Russian cross-country skiers from the Sochi Olympics and any future Games.