20-02-2018 01:17 via wivb.com

Doping allegation against curler puts spotlight on Russian Olympians

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — It’s not a sport where you’re hurtling down a mountain at 70 miles an hour, or flying 60 feet above an icy jump. Instead, curling requires slow precise movements where a granite rock is swept down the ice.
That’s why reports that Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky may have used the banned substance Meldonium has sent shock waves through the Olympic Village.
His coach immediately dismissed the claims, saying ther
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