By Karolos Grohmann
(Reuters) – The United States figure skating team met with the president of the International Olympic Committee to discuss the medals that they are awaiting ten days after competing, the IOC said Thursday.
With the doping case against teen figure skater Kamila Valieva unresolved, none of the top competitors in the Feb. 7 team event can receive their medals. The U.S. team finished second after Valieva and her team mates on the Russian Olympic Committee. Japan was third and Canada fourth.
IOC spokesman Mark Adams on Thursday confirmed that president Thomas Bach had met with the American athletes.
The Associated Press reported that Bach had offered them torches instead of medals in a private meeting in Beijing. Adams did not confirm or deny that report.
Adams said that the Japanese team had declined to meet with Bach.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, Editing by Leela de Kretser and Himani Sarkar)
