Romanian leader to skip closing ceremony after gymnastics dispute
The prime minister of Romania, Marcel Ciolacu, said he plans to boycott the Olympic closing ceremony after two gymnasts from his country controversially missed medals in the women’s floor exercise final.
“I decided not to attend the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, following the scandalous situation in the gymnastics, where our athletes were treated in an absolutely dishonorable manner,” Ciolacu said in a post to Facebook. “To withdraw a medal earned for honest work on the…