The demands of the Executive Committee of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) on Russian and Belarusian athletes are unacceptable in the current circumstances and are politicized, says the host and correspondent of Dmitri Guberniev .
On Tuesday, the IBU Executive Committee recommended to the IBU Congress that the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions be maintained until further notice. In particular, the IBU demands that the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) and the Belarusian Biathlon Federation (BFB) clearly distance themselves from the conflict in Ukraine and not allow officials or athletes to actively participate in biathlon activities. Russian army.
– The IBU made political demands to Russian athletes, this is something new. It seems to me that this happened for the first time in the world history of sport. The IBU has surpassed all other federations. And what does “distancing” mean at a time when the entire Russian biathlon team consists of servicemen, representatives of CSKA or, like Serokhvostov, a serviceman from another unit. That is, all of our team that participated in the Games are military personnel of the Russian Federation in one way or another. There are civilians and there are people with ranks. I don’t really understand how the IBU suggests distancing? These are therefore absolutely political demands, and they are unacceptable.
The situation is bad, it will get worse. We won’t be appearing in biathlon on the international stage anytime soon. The IBU will be the last federation to let us in. That’s absolutely correct,” Guberniev told a correspondent.
Source : MatchTV
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