Chinese biathletes of the Liaoning club have suffered morally due to the fact that they will not participate in the first Cup of the International Club Biathlon League (ILCL), the president of the Biathlon Federation of the Liaoning region told . Moscow. Alexei Nuzhdov .
Liaoning is the base club of the Chinese national team, led by Russian coach Andrei Prokunin. Nuzhdov said on Tuesday that the Chinese team would not come to Khanty-Mansiysk due to the fact that the International Biathlon Union (IBU) strongly recommended it not to participate in these competitions.
— What loss represents, from a competitive point of view, the fact that the Chinese are not coming? They certainly wouldn’t be contenders for first place.
– Controversial point. I talked about it with Andrei (Prokunin): two people would certainly impose a fight on the strongest, but there is no reason not to trust him. Of course, among the vast majority, they would not be favorites. But I think we lost visually – there would have been a third country. They can say: “How are you different from the Commonwealth Cup?” ” It’s like that. I won’t say it happened as planned, but my colleagues knew better. Much will depend on how these starts go. Potential participants for next year – the same Chinese, Mongols and Turks – will see what results. There is a very serious and dramatic debate going on within the biathlon community. On one hand, it’s disappointing that teams ended up dropping out, but on the other hand, it’s encouraging that there was interest. And the opposition to stopping this from happening was at the highest levels. If there was no one, almost no one would write or pay attention to it. I am cautiously optimistic that the competition will go well and that we will see development.
— Has the Chinese side suffered financial losses? Maybe tickets have been purchased.
“They arranged the visas at their own expense and we covered the costs, accommodation and meals. They would simply pay for the flight themselves. As organizers, we understood that we were prepared to bear the costs. They didn’t suffer financially, but mentally, because the athletes and coaches wanted the team to compete. There are no competitions there,” Nuzhdov told .
The competition will take place on November 18 and 19 in Khanty-Mansiysk. It is planned that Russian and Belarusian biathletes will take part in the races. For victory, athletes will receive 1 million rubles.
The founders of the International Club Biathlon League were the regional biathlon club of the Moscow region and the Belarusian biathlon club. The main objective of the organization is to organize alternative competitions to the International Biathlon Union (IBU). Since the clubs are not members of the IBU and the Russian Biathlon Union, the activities of the league do not fall under their jurisdiction.
The channel will broadcast live the races of the first Cup of the International Club Biathlon League.
Source : MatchTV
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