Biathlete Daniel Usov In an interview with , he said that he was not considering retiring from his career amid the suspension of Russian athletes from international competitions, and that his overall goal was to participate in the 2026 Olympic Games.
Russian biathletes have been suspended from participating in competitions under the auspices of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) since 2022.
— For the third season, Russia has not participated in international competitions. By the way, have you thought about leaving biathlon?
— There was no idea of finishing, because the motivation is still there, and I hope it won’t stop for a long time. There is still hope that in the future we will be allowed in; I want to run there and feel what it looks like, what it really is like.
— Are the 2026 Olympic Games your goal?
— Probably, a year or two ago, I was aiming for 2026. Now too. Age-wise, it’s normal, I’ll be 25. If everything goes well, it would be great to play there.
“Yes, the Olympics are my global goal,” Usov told .
In the 2023/24 season, Usov won the Commonwealth Cup sprint in Murmansk and, together with Natalya Gerbulova, Anastasia Egorova and Eduard Latypov, won bronze in the mixed relay. At the end of the season, the 23-year-old biathlete joined the Russian national team and worked in the group of Sergei Bashkirov.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.
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