MOSCOW, March 9 Four-time Olympic biathlon champion Alexander Tikhonov spoke about the possibility change of citizenship by Russian biathletes. «If our biathletes start changing citizenship in such a situation, it will be a real betrayal. I believe they are quite serious people and will not take such a step. Now, on the contrary, we need to prove that we are strong and stand up for our country despite We didn’t go anywhere at one time and were real leaders. So the current generation must remain faithful to their Motherland to the end, «Sport24 quotes Tikhonov. Earlier, the International Biathlon Union (IBU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in competitions under its auspices in connection with the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine. The Russian Biathlon Union announced that it would defend the rights of athletes in court.
