Russian stripped of bronze for doping

Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky has been stripped of his bronze medal after admitting to a doping violation.

Krushelnitsky tested positive for meldonium, which is believed to help blood circulation, after winning bronze in mixed doubles with his wife, Anastasia Bryzgalova.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced the sanction on Thursday. laps to go in the men’s 5,000meter relay final on Thursday, and the same fate befell gold-medal favorites Choi Minjeong and Shim Suk-hee in the women’s 1,000 final.

Wu Dajing of China dominated the men’s 500 meters, setting a world record in winning gold. South Koreans Hwang Dae-heon and Lim Hyojun stayed on their skates to claim silver and bronze.

In the women’s 1,000, Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands pulled off an upset, giving the country better known for its long-track skating success a fourth medal in short track. Kim Boutin of Canada took silver for her third medal of the games.

Arianna Fontana earned bronze, giving the Italian skater a complete set this winter: she won gold in the 500 and silver in the 3,000 relay. She joined American Apolo Anton Ohno and Viktor Ahn of Russia as the most decorated short-track Olympians with eight career medals.

Hungary secured its first Winter Olympic gold medal by winning the men’s relay, taking the lead on the last lap of the 45-lap race in which 16 skaters tore around the rink. The team of brothers Liu Shaoang and Liu Shaolin Sandor, along with Viktor Knoch and Csaba Burjan, set an Olympic-record of 6 minutes, 31.971 seconds.

Led by Wu, China took silver, and Canada earned bronze.

The U.S. team of J.R. Celski, John-Henry Krueger, Thomas Hong and Aaron Tran won the B relay final. The Americans were eliminated in the heats of the men’s 500 and women’s 1,000.