Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) chef de mission Hidehito Ito said he had no information about the postponed medal ceremony for the figure skating teams competition, but hoped to eventually celebrate with his athletes.
"I really don't know what the medal ceremony will look like," Ito said on Sunday at a news conference held on the sidelines of the Beijing Olympics.
The ROC won gold, the United States claimed silver, and Japan took bronze, but the ceremony will only take place once the doping case is resolved. That can take weeks or months. He said that it was a "shame" that the athletes would not have their medals awarded in Beijing, but distanced the JOC from the controversy.
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