November 12, 2017 – According to an Associated Press report, Russian cross-country skier, Ilya Chernousov, who won Olympic 50km bronze at Sochi 2014 behind teammates Alexander Legkov and Maxim Vylegzhanin, has denied he’s an informer for WADA after Legkov and Vylegzhanin were banned. Russia ski team coach Yuri Borodavko made the accusation which was referred to as “a powerful psychological blow” by Viktor Zakharov, head of the Siberian center where Chernousov trains – read more here.