RBU will send a letter to the IBU regarding the suspension of Russian biathletes

The Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) will send a letter to the International Biathlon Union (IBU) on September 8 regarding the removal of Russian athletes from tournaments under the auspices of the organization. RIA Novosti Sport was informed about this by the head of the RRF Viktor Maygurov.

Earlier, Russian biathletes were suspended from international competitions due to the situation in Ukraine.

– On the one hand, we dispute the legal status of those decisions that were taken against us. On the other hand, we want to say that the leaders of the IBU should first of all think about the athletes whose fate they are preparing to decide.

It is the athletes who suffer, although they are in no way connected with what is happening in the world. We also want to draw the attention of IBU congress members to other sports – for example, two Russians are playing in the quarterfinals of the US Open in New York right now. How did this interfere with world tennis? Our main initiative is the revision of the IBU spring decisions, the possibility of participation of Russian biathletes in international competitions. Anything else violates the Olympic Charter, in which sport is clearly out of politics, Maigurov said.