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Olympic curling world stunned by Russian doping scandal

The Olympic curling world has been stunned by news that a Russian competitor is facing a doping charge

By KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press
Published: February 19, 2018, 9:54am
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United States’s skip John Shuster, center, slides on the ice with teammates before the start of the their men’s curling match against United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Sunday.
United States’s skip John Shuster, center, slides on the ice with teammates before the start of the their men’s curling match against United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Sunday. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Photo Gallery

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — When word broke on Monday that a Russian Olympic curler was facing a doping charge, the curling world was floored. Not because of the tired cliche that curling isn’t a real sport (and therefore, why would a curler need to dope?) But because doping goes against the very essence of what curling is all about.

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