The Olympic medal ceremony for the figure skating competition has been delayed due to a positive drug test among the gold-medal-winning Russian team, reported USA TODAY Sports.
The medal ceremony was originally scheduled for late Tuesday.
The International Olympic Committee hasn’t opened up about the nature of the issue, yet.
According to the Russian newspaper RBC, the medal ceremony was delayed as 15-year-old Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance before the Beijing Games in December. The test results came out after Valieva and her teammates won the games. Newspapers RBC and Kommersant exposed the drug—trimetazidine— which is used as a heart medication. The World Anti-Doping Agency banned the drug in 2014 as it boosts endurance and increases blood flow efficiency.
