TYUMEN, Mar 31, Alexander Govorov. Ekaterina Yurlova-Perkht reported that will take part in the women's relay race at the Russian Biathlon Championship in Tyumen. On Thursday, Yurlova-Perkht and Maxim Tsvetkov became the winners of the single-mixed race at the Russian Championships. «To be honest, I really hoped for this relay race (single-mixed), I knew that Maxim Tsvetkov shoots well. Emotionally after the Olympics, he wanted everything to work out here. This is not my last race here, I will run in a big relay race for the region,» Yurlova-Perkht told reporters. The women's 4×6 km relay will take place on April 2. Earlier, the International Biathlon Union (IBU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions amid the situation in Ukraine, on Tuesday the IBU suspended the membership of the Russian Biathlon Union and the Belarusian Biathlon Federation.
