2017 bobsleigh worlds to be moved from Sochi - federation

Record ID: 76934

  • Title: 2017 bobsleigh worlds to be moved from Sochi - federation
  • Date: 13th December 2016
  • Summary: BOLSHOI HOCKEY STADIUM PEOPLE TAKING SELFIE, OLYMPIC PARK IN BACKGROUND SIGN, READING: 'SOCHI AUTODROM' WINTER SPORTS STADIUM FISHT STADIUM OLYMPIC VENUES SEEN IN DISTANCE HOTELS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ON SEA SIDE
  • Embargoed: 28th December 2016 18:00
  • Keywords: Bobsleigh Russia Sochi world championships 2017 doping
  • Location: INTERNET / SOCHI, ROSA KHUTOR, MOSCOW AND SOCHI, RUSSIA
  • City: INTERNET / SOCHI, ROSA KHUTOR, MOSCOW AND SOCHI, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA0065CPYHXJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The 2017 bobsleigh and skeleton world championships will be moved from Sochi, Russia, the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) said in a statement on Tuesday (December 13).
    Latvia had pulled out of the February 13-26 championships following the publication last week of the second part of the McLaren Report into Russian doping which revealed an institutional conspiracy to conceal positive drug tests.
    The new venue for the event will be decided in the next few days, the IBSF said.
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