MOSCOW, Sep 14 Olympic relay champion Swede Sebastian Samuelsson said that sees no way to return Russian biathletes to the World Cup. Earlier, the International Biathlon Union (IBU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions under its auspices and suspended the membership of the Russian Biathlon Union and the Belarusian Biathlon Federation (BFB) against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine. These decisions were made in accordance with the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). «It is clear that neither the Belarusian nor the Russian biathletes, as well as the Ukrainian athletes, have fun. Of course, it is very sad that we are in this situation. At the same time while I still don’t see how we can bring them back, it would be very strange,” Samuelsson quotes SVT. The Swede believes that the Russian and Belarusian biathlon federations should distance themselves from the special operation in Ukraine. “Then there is a chance to somehow see them in the World Cup. But it seems very unlikely to me that this will happen before the end of the events in Ukraine, «said the 25-year-old biathlete.
