Against the background of the withdrawal of Russian biathletes from international competitions, the time has come to create an alternative to the World Cup, which is held under the auspices of the International Biathlon Union (IBU), said the silver medalist Olympic Nikolai Kruglov at .
Earlier, the IBU Congress, by a majority vote, extended the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from tournaments under its auspices until further notice and maintained the suspension of Russian Biathlon Union membership. (RBU).
– I see that this situation offers us new opportunities that we must exploit. Russian and Belarusian athletes in biathlon are very competitive. This is an opportunity to make an alternative to the World Cup with the participation of our biathletes. We need to make these competitions as open as possible to other countries. Please come compete.
We have to make the same product as the IBU in terms of organizing competitions and television image. I think our viewership figures will be slightly lower than the World Cup, given that biathlon viewership in Russia and Belarus is outrageous. In addition, there is an opportunity to win good prizes, which will attract athletes from countries hostile to Russia.
It will be a competitive history of the World Cup and other competitions that take place under the auspices of the IBU. Therefore, when foreign colleagues decide to dismiss Russian biathletes, there will be a topic for dialogue. This will not be the position of the weak: “Here, they finally let us in!”. We will have the opportunity to say: “Guys, everything was fine with us, so let’s negotiate the terms.”
We have a great opportunity that we must take advantage of. And given that the IBU itself violates its own rules and regulations, we just need to parallel the broadcasts, taking the audience away from our European colleagues. We have everything you need for this: the infrastructure, from stadiums and tracks, to teams of referees and judges of international category, the experience of the television channels which have broadcast the Olympic Games, the World and many biathlon competitions, a group of organizers who held the World Cup, World and European Championships in our country. Here we are perfectly prepared. Take it and do it, – said Kruglov “”.
Source : MatchTV
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