MINSK, Sep 16, Alexander Govorov. President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Victor Maygurov told reporters that most Russian biathletes would retire from the army tomorrow if that was a condition for returning to international competitions. organization. «There really is a tendency to improve the situation. There is a place for dialogue, no one is removed from it. Everyone is ready to discuss it. Our position is that in this whole story, athletes should not suffer. Let the leadership not go anywhere, and the biathletes are here definitely nothing to do with it. If we take our sport, then the biathletes of Germany, France and other countries are military personnel. If athletes from Russia are told that for You can't be in the military for admission to international competitions, I'm sure that 99% will leave the army tomorrow. But they (IBU) do not say so, because they understand that they will not be able to fulfill such promises,» Maygurov said.
