US EditionFinland Sends Head Coach Medved Home over Alcohol Issue
Head coach Igor Medved was sent home for breaking team alcohol rules, prompting an interim appointment and cancellation of a team press event, officials said.
- Finland's ski jumping head coach Igor Medved was sent home from the Winter Olympics over an alcohol-related issue, officials said Thursday.
- The Finnish Olympic Committee described Medved's behavior as "contrary to the rules and values of the Finnish team", without providing further details.
- Medved apologized, saying "I made a mistake and I am very sorry" and "I want to apologize to the entire Finnish team, the athletes and also the fans.
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The coach of the Finnish ski jumping national team, Igor Medved, has left Predazzo and the Winter Games in Milan. As we learn the Finnish Olympic Committee would have informed the coach of the decision to call him back to his homeland for behaviors deemed contrary to the rules and values of the team. "Medved has returned home today (Thursday). These are problems related to alcohol. We always take seriously the violation of the rules by the team …
Finland's ski jumping coach Igor Medved gets drunk at Olympia at the opponent's gold party. His band reacts and sends the head coach home.
The Slovenian head coach of the Finnish ski jumper, Igor Medved, was excluded from the Olympic Winter Games in Italy after an alcohol incident.
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