Today, on January 20 in Lausanne, a meeting was held between representatives of the DPRK, South Korea, the IOC and the organizing committee of the Games-2018. A team of 22 athletes was selected who will participate on behalf of North Korea. IOC officials argue that the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang led to a peaceful dialogue between the DPRK and South Korea.

Recall that the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Tho Jong-hwan said that the parties also agreed on a joint women's hockey team after the talks in the village of Panmunjom. In particular, these are the first high-level talks between the two Koreas for more than two years.

As reported in the "URA-Inform", the International Olympic Committee earlier decided on the use of doping by Russian athletes, obliging the Russian Olympic Committee to pay an amount of $ 15 million.