SOCHI, August 28, Alexander Govorov. Head coach of the Russian biathlon team Yury Kaminsky said in an interview that if the sanctions were lifted, Russian biathletes would easily qualify for the 2026 Olympic Games. The Executive Committee of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) announced on August 16 that it had recommended to the organization's congress that the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes be upheld until further notice. The Congress will consider the recommendations at a meeting in Salzburg on September 15-18. «It is clear that they will not let us in for a year or two for sure. We will qualify for the Games easily and in one year. The question lies more in the plane of the world order. If they do not let them go further, «We need to create our own sports organizations and hold our own international competitions. Today, politicians have simply crushed sports functionaries. If they have no interest in seeing Russia at the same World Cup, we must act as leaders ourselves. I don't know why many of our sports federations are so behave. Maybe I'm just a revolutionary (laughs),» Kaminsky said.
