MOSCOW, Aug 16The Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) considers the recommendations of the Executive Committee of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) to keep the suspension of Russian biathletes hypocritical and politicized, in this regard, it will prepare a legally sound appeal to the IBU Congress by September, according to the website of the organization. On Tuesday, the IBU Executive Committee announced, that he recommended to the IBU congress that the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes be upheld until further notice. Earlier, the IBU suspended athletes from Russia and Belarus from competitions under its auspices and suspended the membership of the RBU and the Belarusian Biathlon Federation (BFB) amid the situation in Ukraine. These decisions were made in accordance with the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee. «We believe that today's recommendations of the IBU Executive Board regarding the athletes of Russia and Belarus are just as hypocritical and politicized, they also contradict the IBU constitution and are just as harmful to world biathlon as the March decisions For its part, by September 8, 2022, as proposed to us, the Russian Biathlon Union will prepare a legally justified appeal to all congress participants and IBU members, in which our position will be detailed,» the statement says. The IBU Congress will consider the recommendations of the executive committee organizations at a meeting in Salzburg on September 15-18. Also, it will again consider the issue of RRF membership in the organization. In March, the RBU filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against decisions to remove Russian biathletes from participating in international competitions and deprive them of membership. in Lausanne, the IBU decisions to suspend Russian athletes and officials (dated March 1, 2022) and to suspend the RRF as a whole (dated March 28, 2022) as discriminatory on the basis of nationality and contrary to the IBU constitution.Currently, in both cases, CAS continues the established arbitration procedure, decisions on them have not yet been made, a legal assessment has not yet been given,» the message adds. allowed to hold positions in the IBU.
