It was in March that the International Biathlon Union, IBU, announced that Russians and Belarusians are being stopped from their competitions due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A decision on whether to extend the ban will be made at the IBU congress later this month, and now the Russian Biathlon Union, RBU, is requesting that the decision be changed.
- On the one hand, we dispute the legal validity of the decisions that were made against us.
On the other hand, we want to say that the leaders of the IBU should think first of all about the athletes whose fate they are preparing to decide.
It is the athletes who suffer, even though they are in no way connected to what is happening in the world.
the head of RBU, Viktor Majgurov, according to sports.ru.
Majgurov believes that other sports allow Russian athletes.
- We also want the IBU congress to look at other sports.
Two Russian tennis players were in the quarterfinals of the US Open now.
How has this affected tennis in the world?, wonders Majgurov.
List: This is how Russia has been punished sportingly after the invasion (March 1, 2022)
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Russian cross-country skiers are stopped by Fis.
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