Most biathletes have opposed the International Biathlon Union’s (IBU) decision to exclude world championship results from the overall World Cup standings from the 2022/23 season, a member says of the IBU Athletes’ Commission. Ingrid Tandrevold .
On Tuesday, the IBU announced changes to the World Cup scoring system. From now on, the world championships will not be included in the general classification, the results of each race will also be taken into account, previously the results of the two worst races of the season were deducted.
– Most athletes responded that they did not want results presented at the World Championships to be excluded from the World Cup rankings. They also came out in favor of deducting points for the two worst races of the season.
The IBU Athletes’ Commission finds it strange that the opinions of athletes are hardly taken into account. We have the feeling that they don’t hear us”, quotes Tandrevold TV2.
Norwegian Marte Olsby-Ryseland called the IBU’s decision a disgrace.
“They want everyone to attend all the World Cup races, but they deprive us as athletes of the opportunity to recover from illness or injury, which can happen between November and March. I think it’s a shame, Olsbu-Reiseland said.
Source : MatchTV
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