6 Russians suspended from cross-country World Cup races
OBERHOFEN, Switzerland — Six Russian cross-country skiers found guilty in the Sochi Olympic doping investigation have been barred from World Cup races. The International Ski Federation says it is “distraught over the magnitude of the systematic conspiracy.” The ski body imposed provisional bans Thursday on Alexander Legkov, Maxim Vylegzhanin, Evgeny Belov, Alexei Petukhov, Yulia Ivanova

