“My name was among the participants in the European Championship. When the coaches announced the roster for the relay at the World Championships, Sergey Ivanovich Belozerov approached me and asked if I would go to Raubichi. Then Artyom Istomin asked about the same. I replied that, of course, I would like to go, especially since the form allows us to show a good result. But then, apparently, the coaches decided that I still did not need to go to the European Championship. Why - no one explained. They simply said that I was going home, and then to the three remaining stages of the World Cup, ”said Garanichev.
The European Biathlon Championship will be held from February 24 to March 1 in the Belarusian Raubichi.
Earlier it was reported that the IBU refused Drachev to hold a press conference in the official premises at the World Cup.