MOSCOW, Mar 17, Alexander Govorov. The Russian Biathlon Union suspension procedure is headless decision by the International Biathlon Union (IBU), four-time Olympic champion Alexander Tikhonov said. The IBU on Thursday announced that it had begun the procedure for the removal of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) and the Belarusian Biathlon Federation with immediate effect. The suspension of membership will be regularly reviewed by the executive committee and will last until the next IBU congress, which will be held in September 2022. «I think this is a headless decision. This IBU executive committee is the weakest in the history of world biathlon. It seems that the head of the IBU, the Swede Dalin, in general He was not there all this period.He is a Russophobe who has forgotten history, who gave him life, who liberated the land on which he lives.In a month and a half, the political situation in the world will change, I wonder what they will do when everything changes.Now he makes decisions a handful of Russophobes. American Mike Cobb, Canadian James Carrabre are all Russophobes. The Congress, which will be held in September, will be very serious. They will probably have to change their mind,» Tikhonov said. Previously, the executive committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that international sports federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete due to the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine. After that, the IBU suspended the Russian athletes from participating in the competition. The RBU said they would defend the rights of athletes in court.
