IBU commission meeting. How they kill biathlon in Russia. IBU sentenced Russian biathlon

The Russian team is currently in Austria in connection with their performance at the World Cup in Hochfilzen. Among the suspects are coaches, doctors, as well as athletes, including current ones - Anton Shipulin, Evgeny Garanichev, Alexander Loginov and Irina Starykh. None of the biathletes were detained. Moreover, the International Biathlon Union (IBU) has no complaints against them, and they will take to the start of the next races.

The Russian Biathlon Union officially confirms that on the evening of December 12, representatives of the police of the Republic of Austria arrived at the location of the national team that arrived in Austria to compete at the World Cup. Police representatives interviewed a number of Russian athletes and specialists. The questions concerned possible violations of anti-doping rules committed during the 2017 World Championships, which took place in Hochfilzen.

The RBU also assured that the Russian team will continue its performances at the World Cup, IBU Cup and other international tournaments.

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In any case, this is a new twist in the doping scandal. Before this, we only had to deal with accusations from sports authorities, often based on a weak evidence base. Now you have to deal with professionals. On the one hand, this complicates the situation, since the police have capabilities that the various commissions of international sports organizations do not have.

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On the other hand, on the contrary, it’s good. In criminal proceedings, and in Austria the use of doping is a criminal offense, there is a presumption of innocence. You can count on an open process and qualified defense, and the leadership of the SBR has already contacted lawyers.

Is there a political background to what happened? In any case, all this plays into the hands of our opponents. At the same time, it will be possible to judge engagement only when specific information appears. So far there is no reason to think that this is a new “Skripal case”.

A LIST of 31 Russian biathletes mentioned in the McLaren Commission report has been released

A list of 31 biathletes from Russia whom the IBU suspects of doping has leaked online. A file with alleged persons on Richard McLaren's list was published by the Italian website NeveItalia.

The document mentions about 40 Russian athletes, contains the results of their doping tests, the place where the test was taken, the result that came to WADA (everywhere it is negative - that is why Russia is accused of substituting samples), and Grigory Rodchenkov’s comments from the correspondence published along with the second part Richard McLaren's report, Life reports.

The list is a selection of Russian biathletes, information intkbbach about which WADA has information, but not only those suspected of doping. So, the best Russian biathlete Anton Shipulin is on the list, but there are no marks next to his name in the “substance found” column.

There are comments about the presence of doping next to the names of members of the Russian national team Ekaterina Shumilova and Ekaterina Glazyrina, who appear in the McLaren report under numbers A0714 and A0241, respectively.

Among the Russian biathletes, Yana Romanova, Olga Zaitseva and Olga Vilukhina were also noted, who competed at the Olympics in Sochi and came second in the relay (Vilukhina also won silver in the sprint). Of the men on the list, Timofey Lapshin is mentioned, who is not involved in the World Cup this season due to health problems. Later, rumors appeared in the media that Lapshin wanted to obtain South Korean citizenship.

The IBU made a decision on Russia: Russia abandoned the Biathlon World Cup stage

The Executive Committee of the International Biathlon Union decided to move the Biathlon World Cup from Tyumen, as well as to change the venue of the Junior World Championship, which was to be held in Ostrov. The IBU also temporarily suspended two Russian biathletes from competitions, whose names were mentioned in the report of the WADA commission led by Richard McLaren, RT reports.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation for Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy Vitaly Mutko, the IBU made a balanced decision in relation to Russia: “A balanced decision was made that allows us to draw conclusions calmly, not on abstract statements and conclusions of one person. The most important thing is that our athletes will continue to perform at the World Cup stages. The RBU and anti-doping services have done a tremendous job to ensure that Russian biathlon is clean and meets international requirements; sweeping accusations and collective responsibility should become a thing of the past. I think if all federations do this, we will see that the first part, associated with thousand lists, should crumble.”

The Russian Biathlon Union refused to hold the Biathlon World Cup in Tyumen this season, as well as to organize the world championship among youth and juniors in Ostrov, writes Gazeta.ru.

The results of the meeting were briefly commented on by IBU President Andres Besseberg. “This is the first important step on the part of the Russian Biathlon Union,” said the functionary. - It shows that the current situation in sports is very serious. Now the biathlon family can focus on biathlon while the investigation continues.”

The Executive Committee of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) decided not to suspend Russian biathletes from competing at the World Cup.

“The IBU Executive Board discussed the information provided by the Austrian authorities in connection with the anti-doping investigation against the Russian team. The Executive Board believes that no action is required at this time. This is partly due to the fact that the Austrian authorities have not provided the IBU with any additional information about the ongoing investigation beyond what has been published. The IBU remains focused on working with the current leadership of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) to implement criteria that will ensure the RBU has a robust anti-doping program.", - says the IBU statement.

The biathlon federations of the Czech Republic, Canada, the USA and Sweden initiated the issue of removing the Russian team from the World Cup

A little earlier, before the Executive Committee made a decision on the Russians, the biathlon federations of the Czech Republic, Canada, the USA and Sweden initiated the issue of temporarily suspending Russian biathletes from competing at the World Cup. Commentator Dmitry Guberniev announced this on Match TV. The basis for the suspension is the anti-doping investigation that the Austrian police is conducting against 5 Russian athletes and 5 team employees.

Vladimir Drachev: “The whole team is running, no one will be suspended”

The head of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), Vladimir Drachev, commented on the decision of the Executive Committee of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) not to suspend Russian biathletes from participating in the World Cup.

“The very last step - two minutes ago I left the office of the Executive Committee, where I gave explanations about my letter. This is a letter to the IBU President with a request to be attentive to the team, taking into account the fact that we are not involved in doping scandals and comply with all the requirements of the IBU and WADA. In addition, he brought the decision of our ambassador that everything was considered together with the Austrian prosecutor's office and the lawyer. And the police did not provide any facts confirming our involvement in the doping scandal.

The decision not to suspend is correct. The Executive Committee is on our way, our issue was considered based on my letter, but did not go on air. We are running as a team, no one will be suspended.

We worked for two days, thanks to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ROC, the Ministry of Sports, and the Ambassador to Austria. This scandal showed our unity, showed that we are all together. This is the first time since 2016 that the protection of Russian athletes has gone ahead. We realized that we need to move forward and not follow our tails.”, - Drachev said on Match TV.

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With this, Gazeta.Ru completes its online text broadcast of the meeting of the IBU Executive Committee and wishes you a good evening!

So, the main conclusion today was that the IBU Executive Committee refused to suspend Russian biathletes from competitions, who were visited by the Austrian police and charged with doping.

We are talking about Alexander Loginov, Anton Shipulin, Alexey Volkov, Evgeny Garanichev and Irina Starykh. No evidence of their guilt has yet been provided, and the executive committee did not act rashly, although the biathlon federations of Canada, the USA, the Czech Republic and Sweden raised the issue of removal.

Also at the meeting there was supposed to be talk about restoring the rights of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBR), but no final conclusions were announced. This issue will be considered in more detail very soon, on December 18, at a meeting of the working group on the restoration of the rights of the SBR, which will be held in Moscow.

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Coach Vitaly Noritsyn expressed the opinion that the proceedings with the Austrian police influenced the fact that biathlete Irina Starykh took only eighth place in the pursuit race at the World Cup in Hochfilzen.

“She was let go of this situation yesterday, but it couldn’t pass without a trace. This is not her move, at the first stage in Pokljuka, before all these troubles, she was a little stronger. But she’s doing a great job psychologically coping with the shooting,” TASS quotes Noritsyn.

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The World Championship is not going at all the way they would like for Irina Starykh and the Russian team

“There were no specific questions [from the police]. They said that an investigation was open, they asked me to sign a paper, give my information and come to the police to give evidence,” added doctor Shutov.

“I asked what the complaints were against me, to which the answer was that the police would tell everything more like it.” There are allegedly abnormal blood passports from athletes from the 2017 World Championships.

To my question how all this happened, the answer was that I better know how it all is done. I was, to put it mildly, surprised. All the questions boiled down to the fact that the police would tell us more about everything.”

The Russian team doctor, Evgeny Shutov, told new details about how the Austrian police came to the Russian team’s location and charged them with doping.

“We were invited to a hotel conference room, where we were informed that an investigation was open against five employees, and we were asked to give statements to the police about this case.

We asked everyone to come to the gym with a passport, some were still busy at training, so it turned out to be two groups. First, Irina Starykh and I, and then Evgeny Garanichev and Alexander Loginov came up,” Kalashnikov Media quotes the doctor as saying.

Drachev spoke about the condition of the biathletes after the arrival of the Austrian police.

“Yesterday I held a meeting with the athletes. Of course, this scandal did not bring anything positive. Everyone was tense. The old ones cried all night before the start. The nerves affected the entire team. I hope everything will line up now. Coaches and athletes will work positively,” said the head of the RBU.

The head of the RRF also noted the unity in resolving the issue with Russian biathletes.

“We worked for two days. Thanks to everyone who supported us: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the embassy, ​​the Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Sports. This scandal showed our unity. It showed that we are all in this together. This is the first case of protecting athletes in 2016 when they acted proactively. We will continue to work with the team. We all united. The whole team united under this pressure. They beat us, and we fight back,” Drachev said.

Drachev commented on the IBU’s decision not to suspend Russian biathletes.

“I just left the executive committee office. He gave explanations about his letter. At eight in the morning I brought a letter to the President of the IBU with a request that they treat the Russian team carefully, since we do not participate in scandals and fulfill all the requirements of the IBU. The incident cannot be considered as a reason for removal. I brought papers from the ambassador, which said that the lawyers of our embassy and the Austrian police negotiated for two hours. The Austrians did not provide any facts.

Therefore, in the end, the executive committee made the right decision. I submitted all the documents. Our question was not even discussed - only my letter was considered. We’ll all run, no one will step back,” Drachev said.

The head of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), Vladimir Drachev, said that pressure will continue to be exerted on Russian biathlon.

“Before the start, the athletes had to rest, prepare for the race, but they were forced to think about something completely different, to worry that tomorrow they could be withdrawn. We should not allow such ignorant actions. We got involved in this situation and managed to cope. But this was only the first step, I think the pressure will continue.”, said Dracheva.

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Dmitry Guberniev spoke positively about the head of the IBU.

“By the way, the new IBU President, Swede Olle Dahlin, a man with a fairly balanced position, as we could see the day before when talking with him, came here on crutches, since he recently broke his leg. But he still takes part in the work,” Guberniev said on Match TV.

Dalin also did not comment on the very fact of the police arriving at the location of the Russian team.

“We know that the Austrian police were at the Russian team’s hotel and asked the Russians some questions. We have nothing to react to,” said the head of the IBU.

IBU head Olle Dahlin said that the organization will continue to monitor the progress of the investigation against Russian biathletes.

“We certainly discussed this issue at the executive committee meeting. To date, the IBU has not received any additional information from the authorities, so there was no basis for the IBU to make decisions. Of course, we will continue to monitor the situation.", said Dahlin.

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The IBU stated that the organization intends to continue cooperation with the RBU.

“The IBU remains focused on collaborating with the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) to implement criteria that will help the RBU achieve a more robust anti-doping system,” the IBU press release said.

The IBU Executive Committee decided not to suspend Russian biathletes, who are being investigated by the Austrian police.

As the organization's press service notes, Austrian law enforcement agencies did not provide additional information on this case.

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Russian biathlete Anton Shipulin

Commentator Dmitry Guberniev said that the biathlon federations of the Czech Republic, Canada, the USA and Sweden were asked to consider the issue of temporarily suspending the Russian team from participating in the World Cup.

The reason for this request is an investigation by the Austrian police against Russian biathletes for violating anti-doping rules at the 2017 World Championships in Hochfilzen.

After defining the criteria, the head of the RRF, Vladimir Drachev, stated that there was nothing difficult in their implementation.

“We have received and listened to 12 criteria from the IBU, which we will consider in the near future. We still have them without even translation. I would divide the criteria into four points: the financial part, the doping testing part, the educational part and work with the team and coach. There is nothing complicated in these criteria for the Russian side; we have already fulfilled some of them.

At the meeting in which RUSADA took part, it was clear that we are moving forward. We hope that at the next congress we will be accepted back,” Drachev said.

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The executive committee will evaluate the work of the RRF in meeting the criteria necessary for restoration in the organization.

The criteria include a separate testing program for Russian biathletes; reimbursement of costs associated with inferior membership of the federation; creation of a special doping prevention program; introduction of a mandatory anti-doping education program; access to the database of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory; full cooperation in investigations of past potential anti-doping rule violations.

The head coach of the Russian national team, Anatoly Khovantsev, said that in 2018, Russian biathletes passed more than 300 doping tests.

“After Sochi we are under constant control; this year alone we have done more than 300 tests”, said the specialist.

On Thursday, a meeting of the executive committee of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) will be held in Salzburg, Austria, where a decision will be made to punish 31 Russian athletes mentioned in McLaren's report. In addition, the IBU may consider depriving Tyumen of the 2017 World Cup and 2021 World Championships. The national teams of the Czech Republic, Great Britain and a number of other teams had already promised to boycott competitions in Russia the day before if the punishment turned out to be too lenient.

The sports world, driven almost to hysteria by doping investigations, demands urgent decisions from the IBU. So urgent that on the eve of Catholic Christmas, a dozen members of the executive committee are forced to leave the festive table and come to Salzburg to put Russia on trial. Considering the enormous significance of Christmas and the accompanying preparations for Europeans, this can be compared to the situation if we had some fateful meeting of the federation held on December 31 at approximately 20.00.

So, what do IBU officials have to decide? First of all, they will hear a report from a group of experts (the composition of this group has not been disclosed) who over the past week have been studying documents from the McLaren report on doping in Russian sports. These documents were divided into 31 folders, according to the number of names of the athletes involved. The IBU received all these names and documents from the World Anti-Doping Agency immediately after the publication of the report on December 9.

NINE MAKEERS OF FATE

Having assessed the information presented by the experts, the IBU Executive Committee will have to make the main decision: whether the Russian team will be able to participate in the post-New Year stages of the World Cup, and the Russian Biathlon Union, accordingly, will remain a member of the international federation. If the answer to at least one of these questions is negative, the holding of competitions on the territory of our country is also under threat - the World Cup stage in the 2017 season and the 2021 World Championships, planned in Tyumen. Not to mention, of course, the prospect for all Russian biathletes, like track and field athletes, to be left without the next Olympic Games. Unfortunately, we have learned very well recently how indefinite suspensions from international federations end.

The IOC Executive Committee consists of ten people:

• Anders Besseberg(Norway) - IBU President
• Victor Maigurov(Russia) - First Vice President
• Klaus Leistner (Austria) - Vice President for Finance
• Max Cobb (USA) - Vice President of Sports Affairs
• Ivor Lehotan (Slovakia) - Vice President for Information Policy
• Olle Dahlin (Sweden) - Vice President for Development
• Thomas Füller (Germany) - Vice President of Marketing
• James Carrabre (Canada) - Vice President of Medical Affairs
• Nami Kim (Korea) - Vice President for Special Affairs
• Nicole Roesch(Germany) - General Secretary

The IBU Executive Committee consists of exactly ten people. In addition to the president of the organization, Norwegian Anders Besseberg and first vice-president, Russian Viktor Maigurov, these are Klaus Leistner (Austria), Max Cobb (USA), Ivor Lehotan (Slovakia), Olle Dahlin (Sweden), Thomas Pfüller (Germany), James Carrabre (Canada ), Nami Kim (Korea) and Secretary General Nicole Resch (Germany). According to SE, Maigurov as an interested party will not take part in the voting.

The Norwegian Besseberg cannot be accused of a biased attitude towards our country. Suffice it to remember that even despite the flaring scandal, he gave Russia the right to host the 2021 World Cup. But Nicole Resch, who is the president's right hand, probably looks at things a little differently. In any case, Resch took part in the disciplinary hearings in the Akhatova-Yuryeva-Yaroshenko case back in 2009, and then clearly took on the role of prosecutor. This time, the positions of Besseberg and Resch will depend entirely on the severity of the charges that the group of experts will bring against the Russians.

NAMES WILL NOT BE NAMED

In general, despite the fate of the pre-Christmas executive committee, there is reason to think that it will not give a final answer to all questions. For example, it is unlikely that we will find out all the names on the “McLaren list” on Thursday. “The names of the athletes in the 31 files will remain confidential until final decisions are made on each individual case,” the IBU said in a press release.

In other words, until the decision on disqualification is made, the organization will not announce the names of the involved biathletes. On Thursday they will definitely not disqualify anyone: in ten days, sorting through all the documents and making a decision is an unrealistic task. At most, the IBU will suspend current biathletes from competitions, if there are any on the list. Even if their names are not announced, it will not be difficult to figure them out based on the composition of the team. We will also probably find out how many of the 31 Russians have already been disqualified earlier. This is also a lot.

In general, it is likely that the IBU Executive Committee will set a certain vector of further actions, without going into specifics. Until the results of a complete recheck of the Sochi samples through the International Olympic Committee, and until the conclusions of the two IOC commissions for Russia, the IBU does not have complete information both for the disqualification of individual athletes and for the removal of the national federation.

READY FOR SACRIFICES

But the public is demanding some action from the IBU. First of all, they will concern the next stage of the World Cup and the 2021 World Championship. It seems very likely that Russia will lose the right to host these competitions, as happened earlier with the Bobsleigh World Championships. Why should the international federation risk boycotts and public condemnation if there is an opportunity to almost painlessly move the races to a calmer place.

Moreover, there is a feeling that Russia is already ready for this sacrifice. Still, three dozen athletes involved in doping cases for a sport in which only a few hundred people are involved at the highest level is a huge number, even if it turns out that some of the accused were never even among the candidates for our national team. At present times, one disqualification of an active elite biathlete from Russia may be enough for the IBU to listen to the recommendations of the IOC and cancel all international competitions in our country. However, as practice shows, errors in the information from the McLaren report are not uncommon.

We can only believe in a miracle. Especially on Christmas Eve.

THE ORGANIZERS OF THE WORLD CUP STAGE IN TYUMEN HAVE "ANXIETY IN THEIR SOUL"

One of the possible consequences of the announcement of the “List of 31” could be the deprivation of the Russian national team of the right to host the World Cup in March 2017 and the 2021 World Cup. Officials of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) in response to inquiries ask not to rush things, while the Czech Republic, Norway, the USA and Canada have already spoken in favor of moving the world championships from Russia. Even the governor of the Tyumen region and member of the board of the RBU Vladimir Yakushev admitted that the danger of canceling the starts exists.

Meanwhile, in the city itself, preparations for the World Cup are going according to plan. This was confirmed by "SE" both in the regional sports department and in the winter sports center "Pearl of Siberia", where the competitions are to take place.

“I’m worried,” said Anatoly Tobolov, executive director of the Tyumen Regional Cross-Country and Biathlon Federation, sharing his expectations. - A huge amount of work has been done to prepare for the World Cup stage, and it has also begun as part of the organization of the World Cup. We have already sold about 20 thousand tickets for the March competition, people from more than 60 regions of our country, near and far abroad will come to us. A lot has already been done; we have incurred quite serious financial costs. That is why our governor sent a letter to the International Biathlon Union explaining the possible negative consequences of the postponement. Let's hope that they will listen to our arguments.

What does your intuition tell you personally? What are our chances?
- I think it’s 50/50. I want common sense to prevail. In addition, I don’t know whether any specific decision will be made on the competition on Thursday. It is possible that the IBU will not make a verdict on the competition right away.

However, is the World Cup stage planned for next year and are the corresponding costs included in the draft budget?
- Yes, definitely. All necessary work is going according to plan.

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Much will depend on what the working group specifically reports; perhaps the members of the Executive Committee simply will not have a choice. In any case, these are the people who will make the decision. One vote, of course, will be on the Russian side, if, of course, Viktor Maigurov, as an interested party, is given the right to vote. It's more difficult with others. Much will depend on the position of the 70-year-old federation president Anders Besseberg.

Members of the IBU Executive Committee have additional responsibility also because other international winter sports federations will be guided by their decisions. According to our information, the likelihood of a complete disqualification of the Russian team is negligible. There is also little chance that the withdrawal from sports will be partial. It is known from informed sources that the anti-doping services cannot have any complaints about the current team.

But the likelihood that this season’s tournaments will be taken away from Russia is high. Firstly, this is the World Cup stage, which this year was supposed to take place in Tyumen. Secondly, this is the youth world championship in Ostrov, Pskov region. Holding the “Race of Champions” in Tyumen, of course, is also in question.

If this happens, the Russian side will suffer not only serious image losses, but also financial losses. They are valued at tens of millions of rubles. For example, target installations for biathlon worth 12 million rubles have already been purchased for the tournament in Ostrov.

The budget for the World Cup stage in Tyumen is 282 million. It is clear that most of the costs should have happened closer to the tournament, but even now this is a big blow to the budget of the Tyumen region and the federal Ministry of Sports.

Finally, some interesting information about the doping control of biathletes in 2014. The total number of samples taken at competitions under the auspices of the IBU or at the national level is 2255 for athletes from 38 countries. Almost half of them - 878 - were taken from biathletes from Russia. No, there was no special attitude towards our athletes then - 813 of these samples were taken at domestic Russian competitions. This suggests that we ourselves established the strictest control (not only at tournaments, but also outside them) and were ourselves interested in keeping our athletes clean. Otherwise, would it be worth spending so much money (and sample analysis is not cheap) to then manipulate the samples?

Vlad, in this case the quota will be 1 person upon return. Doesn't this bother you?
1-2 seasons is not enough. 20 years.

“Otherwise, would it be worth spending so much money (and sample analysis is not cheap) to then manipulate the samples?”
It was precisely in order to manipulate so many samples that they took them, so that they could then replace dirty samples with clean ones.

But Vilukhina set sail from the sinking ship on time... and now she is in no danger since the IBU promised to look into only active biathletes.
The authorities probably had intelligence on who was on McLaren’s list and where everything was going, or maybe they just knew what they were doing.

Vlad, please, please name the names of the “old nags” who “eat anything” without knowing how to run honestly.
Loginov,..., please continue the list.

Olga,
Did you really think before that our valiant ranks are always ready to sacrifice their ass for the sake of biathlon - not biathlon, cosmodrome - not cosmodrome, stadium - not stadium? However!

but it seems to me that the national team will not be touched. If they had the facts, they would have named them long ago and would have suspended them. And so they drag out time, deciding how to pinch us more painfully on the quiet. But the stage in Tyumen will be deprived, this is a fact, and other competitions in Russia too...

Vlad, what about it, after all, although the Norwegians are sick, they are pure patients, they do not take doping, but medicine. It’s not for nothing that these McLarens kept everything secret; I’m afraid that they caused the scratches themselves, because now the samples were opened without the participation of the athletes. Yes, now everything can be faked, it’s not in vain that the canard about the prohibitive concentration of salt in tests is thrown into the open, they say that no matter what we present to the world community, everything is pure truth, and everything that Russian functionaries say is not true.

Elena, it's simple
“My philosophy is never to cheat, yours is to never get caught. That’s why we will never be able to understand each other.”

“The sports world, driven almost to hysteria by doping investigations, *** urgent decisions from the IBU.” The shaking primarily affected journalists and frenzied politicians with a serving of fried food, but this is not the entire sports world. Everything is used, even the names of famous athletes, their interviews with distortions of meaning. Here comes the same Martin Fourcade: “I didn’t say that,” which was written by the Norwegian media. The Czech Republic is interested, if not the most shouting “stop the thief”, then one of the main contenders for the World Cup instead of Tyumen. It didn’t work out by washing -Nove-Mesto outright lost to Tyumen by voting, so they decided to win the 2021 World Championship by skating. We are not proud - choke. Only rabid politicians need to understand and remember that any war, as a rule, ends in peace and how do they think about building relationships in the future? There is a proverb for this case: “Don’t spit in the well, because it’s possible that someday you’ll have to drink from it.” The only thing I want is to punish fans of internal investigations, those biathlon figures who are directly or indirectly involved in doping scams, in particular those figures who purposefully excommunicated Irina Starykh from the national team. Punish, regardless of any titles. Journalists have one cry - stop!

Vlad, don’t the Norwegians have their own website? Maybe you shouldn't trust reprints?

yes, he croaked into the mud... And sit there in Tashkent with your opinion. It doesn't interest tourists. And don’t disgrace “MY” country... What about biathlon, our right to a country is already being taken away.

I don’t remember a single Anglo-Saxon on the pedestal. Great and mighty is English biathlon... The squad will not notice the loss of a fighter...

The British biathlon team is a force!

Now not only the Norwegians, but also the Czechs and the British came out in favor of a boycott. However, everything can be resolved on its own after a meeting of the working group. Not long to wait

You know, the scandal has long since become a PR show. I don’t understand that our officials are so clueless that they cannot play on this field? Own investigation, several officials to the slaughter, maybe with detention (for a couple of months), loud statements - these are all sports officials, and the athletes have nothing to do with it. In fact, their reluctance to play in a public field will come at a cost. To settle everything under the carpet - they are no longer ready, this flywheel has spun too much. The fact that the sacrificial sheep from the insignificant bureaucrats from the sport was not chosen only means that they are ready to sacrifice all the athletes and biathlon in general in Russia, for the sake of their asses. Everything is worse than I thought.

The table shows that more of ours were tested, but more simply because here a lot of ours were tested at internal Russian competitions. In France there are no such large-scale internal competitions, there are no checks - there is no one to check.

And we test our own people because doping is widespread among us. Regional teams and coaches widely use doping. They need to justify the money allocated by the regions for the development of biathlon, and take high places in domestic Russian competitions. The IBU should encourage us to give credit to the identified dopers for such checks, not as guilt.

Germany - 2, USA, Canada, Sweden: already 100% FIVE for the Russian disqualification.
Maygurov can support them.))

The national team needs a shake-up, let them run for 1-2 seasons in the “common heap” in the Kyrgyz Republic.
All these “Barnashovs” with their “Yans” have already gotten it..., everyone is dragging their “Shumilova”, forgetting about the young ones. “Old nags” cannot run honestly, so they eat whatever they can, and the ENTIRE Rusbiathlon is to blame.

So asthmatics, practically disabled athletes, woke up:

Norwegian biathletes demanded from the International Biathlon Union (IBU) that competitions not be held until all procedures are “clean”: Russian athletes who used doping should be suspended from the games. Norway intends to join the boycott of the teams of Great Britain and the Czech Republic, refusing to participate in the Biathlon World Cup in Tyumen. This was reported on the website of the British Biathlon Union (BBU).

Details: regnum.ru

Lily, this is understandable. The difference between us and other countries at IBY tournaments is not clear. And there seems to be no difference. They all have approximately the same order of numbers. But internal control is a separate and complex issue - the number of samples can be large, but how they are actually processed and what the consequences are for athletes and their curators (doctors, trainers) - this can be quite arbitrary.

execution cannot be pardoned...

Elen, I agree! The tension has already reached its climax! Doesn't matter
nothing can be done anymore. Just wait...

I think it's time to change the subject and calmly wait a day. I no longer have the strength to talk (write) on this topic and I don’t have the strength to read either.

Denis Moscow, if you also talked to politicians from half the world, then you would definitely know which of them just don’t like Russia, and which of them are out of fear of being punished by the Americans.

Denis Moscow, he's been all over the place! There is no place for trolls on our website! You don’t have to try, they won’t understand you, this is not sports. Did you register as a specialist today in order to stir up people? You'll quickly go to the bathhouse forever!

Elena, you better sit there in Tashkent and don’t write about what you don’t know. I have traveled half the world and have NEVER seen a bad attitude towards Russia, which, as you write, “a fool understands.” In Poland and the Czech Republic, for example, they willingly switch to Russian if they determine that you are from Russia, naturally, if you have studied it, and Americans and Australians generally love us. So don't disgrace my country with your xenophobic posts

Elen, it is clear that ours passed the most, and the rest is not important.

I reported back in 2014 that samples are taken unevenly in different countries. wrote. The Russian Federation has the most international tests, followed by China; everyone else sees doping officers once a year. And if they take it so often, it means more illegal substances are found. Russia and China are not liked in the world, a fool understands this. It’s just more expensive for you to get involved with China, so they’ll definitely throw hats at you

I didn’t understand anything from the sign: how much was where and what.