The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially deprived the Russian women's biathlon team of the "

The corresponding decision was made by the IOC at a meeting of the Executive Committee.

The IOC redistributed awards in women's biathlon due to a positive doping test of Russian woman Olga Zaitseva.

As a result, the entire relay four of the Russian team - along with Yana Romanova, Ekaterina Shumilova and Olga Vilukhina - lost the "

Thus, eight years later, the Norwegian team became the official owners of the silver medals, and the Czech Republic rose to the “bronze” line.. Also, due to the disqualification of Zaitseva, Ukraine moved up one place in the mixed relay and now occupies the sixth position..

It is symbolic that it was the Ukrainian team that became the triumphant of this relay race.. Then the “blue-yellows” won the “gold” medals as part of Elena Pidgrushnaya, Vita Semerenko, Valya Semerenko and Yulia Dzhima.