Igor Medved sent home by country’s Olympic committee
‘Alcohol was consumed in violation of our team rules’
Finland’s ski jumping head coach, Igor Medved, has apologised after being sent home for violating team rules by drinking alcohol at the Winter Olympics.
The news was confirmed by the Finnish Olympic committee, who said that Medved had left Italy due to “alcohol-related issues”.
“Medved has travelled home today,” said Janne Hänninen, head of elite sports at the Finnish Olympic Committee. “This is about alcohol-related issues. We take rule violations very seriously and will act quickly in the matter.”
