Russian XC Ski Team Reacts With Dismay To Olympic Ban
..They watched and listened in utter silence. Some wee fidgeting thier fingers. A rising star of international skiing, a 20 year old Alexander Bolshunov had his head buried in his hands almost entire time. [caption id="attachment_6018" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Russian skiers listen to Thomas Bach, the IOC Chairman, speech[/caption] After the man in Lausanne had announced the decisions taken, they have started to get up and leave, one by one, without saying a word. Thus the Russian cross country skiing team met the ruling of the Internatinal Olympic Committee under which their country is not allowed to have a national team, no anthem shall be played or flag displayed at the Winter Olympic Games in Korea. The Russian skiing team is as strong as it probably ever was since the break-up…