Finland’s ski leaping head coach Igor Medved has been despatched dwelling from the Winter Olympics over an alcohol-related situation, officers stated Thursday.
The nation’s Olympic committee described his conduct as a violation of group conduct guidelines however gave no additional particulars.
“Medved traveled dwelling in the present day. The matter issues points associated to alcohol use. We take violations of the group’s guidelines very severely and reacted to the state of affairs shortly,” Janne Hanninen, head of the Finnish group, stated in an announcement.
Medved issued an apology following his elimination.
“I made a mistake and I’m very sorry,” he stated in an announcement. “I wish to apologize to your complete Finnish group, the athletes and likewise the followers.”
