MOSCOW, April 5 The leaders of the Russian biathlon team do not plan to abandon the Russian sports citizenship, said the President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Viktor Maigurov. The International Biathlon Union (IBU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from their competitions against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine, the IBU also suspended the membership of the RBU and the Belarusian Biathlon Federation. These decisions were made in accordance with the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee. «With regard to the change of sports citizenship, all our leaders will remain in Russia. I met with them and urged them to treat the situation with understanding. For example, China will ask for help in terms of joint training. We only for this cooperation, but we are not waiting for a change of citizenship,» Maigurov said during a press conference at the International Multimedia Press Center of the Rossiya Segodnya International News Agency. /22 was taken by Kristina Reztsova. The top five also included Victoria Slivko, Irina Kazakevich, Uliana Nigmatullina and Svetlana Mironova. Reztsova, Kazakevich, Nigmatullina and Mironova at the Beijing Olympics became silver medalists in the relay. Reztsova and Nigmatullina also won bronze medals in the mixed relay in Beijing.
