Russian athletes have denied their kiss following a medal win at the Moscow World Championships was politically motivated.
Quick kisses exchanged by four Russian female sprinters, exuberant after winning the 4 x 400 relay race at the world championships in Moscow, set off a flurry of speculation that it was their way of protesting Russia's new controversial anti-gay law.
Two of the women, who appeared to brush lips while kissing each other on the cheek, have spoken-out to dismiss suggestions their kiss was anything significant.
Yulia Gushchina said that the pair simply wanted to "show our happiness towards the people we see everyday," while team mate Kseniya Ryzhova added "you cannot even imagine what that feeling is when we realised that we have won".
Yulia Gushchina and Kseniya Ryzhova speak to journalists in Moscow At a press conference in Moscow, Ms Ryzhova, said: "For eight years we haven't won gold, and you cannot even imagine what that feeling is when we realised that we have won.
"The feeling and the storm of emotions going through us was incredible, and if we, accidentally, while congratulating each other, touched lips, excuse me.
"We think the whole fuss is more of a sick fantasy not grounded in anything.
"I'm sorry for saying this, but it is not very nice when in front of your coaches and supporters, we are being offended like this."
Russian women often kiss one another on the cheeks when celebrating a happy occasion or when greeting. The Russian relay team had been overjoyed by their success in narrowly defeating the US team.
The law against spreading "gay propaganda" among minors is part of the conservative course Vladimir Putin has charted in his third term as president, following protests against his 13-year rule of Russia.
While the law has been widely condemned abroad, opinion polls seem to show that a vast majority of Russians support it.
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