TYUMEN, Mar 31, Alexander Govorov. Russian biathlete and member of the junior technical team Russian national team Yuri Batmanov told reporters how the Frenchman Simon Fourcade helped restore the Russian flag at the Junior World Championships in the United States, which took place in February 2022. French biathlete Simon Fourcade, the older brother of five-time Olympic champion Martin Fourcade, pasted the image of the Russian flag on the wax booth at the World Junior Championships. Signs with the flag of Russia have been removed from the wax cabin. This happened after the International Biathlon Union adopted a corresponding resolution. «In the USA, we were actually treated well. There was also a story that we had the flag removed from the wax booth, so Simon Fourcade came and glued it back. And he tore up his French, changed colors and made our flag out of it. The Finns were still coming up to us, the Americans. They expressed sincere regret that we were removed from the relay, «Batmanov said.
