PHOTO: Nicklas Backstrom finally receives Olympic silver medal
Nicklas Backstrom received his 2014 Olympic silver medal Thursday, six months after he was banned from the championship game against Canada at the Winter Games in Sochi due to testing positive for a banned substance.
Nicklas Bäckström has finally received his silver medal from Sochi. pic.twitter.com/H2Dx964TI4
— Malin (@MalinElis) August 28, 2014
Backstrom was ruled ineligible for the gold-medal game against Canada back in February after testing positive for pseudoephedrine, a banned substance contained in some allergy medication. It was later determined that the drug was not taken in order to gain any type of competitive advantage.
The medal was handed out during a pregame ceremony prior to a Swedish Hockey League game between Brynäs and Djurgården.