The medals won at the team figure skating event at the Beijing Winter Olympics have yet to be handed out because of a legal issue, the IOC said.

The Russian Olympic Committee claimed the win on Monday, ahead of the United States and Japan.

They had a mini ceremony at the venue, in which they were handed Olympic mascot Bing Dwen Dwen teddy bears.

However the official medal ceremony at a plaza in Beijing should have taken place on Tuesday evening.

IOC spokesman Mark Adams would not expand on what the issue was.

“The situation arose and came at short notice,” he said. “It’s an emerging issue so I can’t add very much at the moment.

“You can bet your bottom dollar that we are doing absolutely everything we can for this to be resolved as soon as possible.

“I can’t give you any more details because we don’t actually have it.”

An update is expected later on Wednesday.

Source: bbc