The SBR answered the question whether it was possible to move the stage of the Russian Cup from Tyumen to another region

The Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) is able to quickly reschedule competitions, but before the stage of the Russian Cup in Tyumen there was little time left to make decisions, said RBU Executive Director Alexander Pak, at .

The decision to cancel the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup in Tyumen due to severe frosts was made on Wednesday, when the athletes had already been at the Pearl of Siberia training base for two days.

— Why didn’t the SBR, knowing that it would be cold in Tyumen, change the venue of the competition in advance?

— Last year, when we canceled some disciplines in Khanty-Mansiysk and Uvat, I spoke with the representatives of the teams and asked the question: how far in advance should we inform you about the postponement? To which everyone answered differently: some needed three weeks, others a month and others six months. I understand that wealthy regions can quickly change their place of residence and find funds for flights, but the SBR is obliged to provide the same conditions to both rich and less wealthy regions. The second aspect of the question is whether the regions can quickly host such competitions? After all, not one or two teams, not 20 or 40 people will come to them. Nearly 400 people will come, as well as employees. It’s impossible to say that, let’s come back to Tchaikovsky. it is not so simple. First of all, you must obtain the governor’s agreement to organize competitions in his region. Second, you need to understand that this place is now free. We share the stadiums with the skiers. Two weeks is definitely not enough to make a quick decision and change something.

And where would we go now? This week was very cold not only in Tyumen, but also in Ufa, Izhevsk, Moscow and Khanty. Where would we move? In Krasnodar? Canceling competitions is not a good thing, but to say that the RBU cannot quickly resolve the issue of postponement is, to say the least, unprofessional.

— Could the SBR have canceled the Tyumen stage before going here?

— We started talking about it in Khanty-Mansiysk. The forecast indicated that Wednesday would be quite tolerable, -18 degrees was expected, even -20 was not promised. In principle, we thought that we could only organize one race in Tyumen. We informed all the coaches that the sprint was postponed until Wednesday. As the head of the organizational side, I am very upset that so many people are rolling out the equipment, preparing the stadium and advertising. For me, it was clearer and more logical to cancel everything on Sunday so as not to go anywhere, but there are rules which say that the decision is made by the jury just before departure. The weather is such that two or three degrees can make all the difference. Even on Tuesday evening I had a feeling the race would go ahead, but on Wednesday morning the frost took its toll,” Park told .

Watch live broadcasts of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup and Commonwealth Biathlon Cup races on the channel, matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

Source : MatchTV

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