MOSCOW, February 27 Norwegian sports journalist and commentator Andreas Stabrun Smith reacted to the removal of the Russian biathlon team from the World Cup. According to the specialist, the decision of the leadership of the Russian national team after sanctions from the IBU is quite predictable. «This is quite expected, given the sanctions that followed from the IBU. Perhaps they felt that this was humiliating. The fact that they refused to participate, it was not a big surprise,» NRK quotes him as saying.
