Former Russian national team biathlete Alexey Volkov told that his national team partner Evgenia Ustyugova unfairly accused of doping.
Volkov won relay gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics with Ustyugov, Dmitry Malyshko and Anton Shipulin. Currently, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is considering an appeal in the Ustyugov case. If the former biathlete is not cleared of doping charges, the result of the Russian team in the Sochi relay will be canceled and Ustyugov will also lose the gold in the mass start and bronze in the relay, won at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
— Do you think that your four can rightly carry the status of winners of the Olympic Games?
– Yes. We won the World Cup with this quartet.
— I’m talking about the fact that for several years the story around the medal in Sochi has been surrounded by not the most pleasant news related to Ustyugov’s doping…
“Everything is dragging out, and we are also waiting for the results. Personally, I don’t think Zhenya is rightly accused.
—Did he explain the situation to the four?
— Yes, when I was in Krasnoyarsk, we met. He told everything about what he was accused of and what checks had been carried out. It’s best to check with Zhenya for details,” Volkov told .
Source : MatchTV
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