Double Olympic champion Dmitry Vasiliev told that five-time Games winner Johannes Be’s superiority in men’s biathlon says more about the legal use of illegal drugs than talent.
On Wednesday, Be won the overall standings for the 2022/23 World Cup season ahead of schedule. This season, the Norwegian has won 16 individual races. He also set a record for the most podiums in individual races – 19 times in a row.
Will Johannes have a competitor next season?
– Until the conditions for equal competition of all athletes change, the others cannot even compete. Norwegians are ahead of the curve in both illicit drug use and everything else. The competitions have become generally uninteresting. Biathlon has become as uninteresting as cross-country skiing, dominated only by Norwegians. And they do it not because of their talent, but because of the legal use of illegal drugs. This is my personal opinion. I believe it’s time for the sports world to wake up and recover, and not pretend nothing is happening. This nonsense must stop and start applying equal conditions for all athletes. Only then can we speak of a fair, competitive and fair fight, Vasilyev told .
How many times this season have you watched the World Cup races?
I haven’t watched a single race. I am not interested in this panopticon. Those who attacked Russia, blaming it for everything, are themselves using illegal drugs. The skiers seem to be silent and the biathletes are the most aggressive. They will never hear any pity from me.
Watch live broadcasts of the championships of Russia, the stages of the Commonwealth Cup in biathlon on the television channels of the group, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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