President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Viktor Maygurov said that the total prize money for domestic competitions last season amounted to more than 105 million rubles.
Russians and Belarusians did not participate in competitions under the auspices of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) last season.
— Thanks to our partners, the SBR has built up a serious prize fund — 105.376 million rubles. Payments to athletes will amount to about 75 million rubles. In addition, the prize fund does not include 55 million rubles of aid to regional federations for the purchase of necessary equipment. For the first time, the price is of such an amount, ”reports the correspondent of in the words of Maygurov.
According to the presentation of the RBU, 66.43 million rubles from the total prize fund were paid to athletes for their performances at the Commonwealth Cup, the championship and the Cup of Russia, 9.046 million were distributed among the winners and the winners of the Russian Championship and All-Russian youth competitions.
All the races of the stages of the Russian Cup and championship, the Commonwealth Cup of the last biathlon season were broadcast on the television channels of the match outfit.
Source : MatchTV
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