MOSCOW, Sep 12 Former president of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Vladimir Drachev commented on the information about the possible transfer of Russian Daria Virolainen to the Finnish national team. Earlier on Monday, three-time Olympic champion Anfisa Reztsova announced that the issue of her daughter Daria Virolainen's transfer to the Finnish national team was «resolved.» The day before, Virolainen took part in the Finnish Summer Biathlon Championships and took second place in the individual race. The biathlete has Russian and Finnish citizenship. «In my opinion, there is no justification for this now. In the past, when athletes were looking for where they were better, one could refer to various nuances: tennis courts are better there, pools are better there … But now we we are talking about something else. It is not the time to leave and betray our native country. This is a betrayal that remains on the conscience of the transferring athletes, «Gazeta.Ru quotes him as saying. Virolainen (nee Reztsova) is 33 years old, she has gold and bronze medals of the championships Europe. At the stages of the World Cup, she twice became the silver medalist. Her 26-year-old sister Kristina Reztsova, who won silver and bronze medals at the last Olympics in Beijing, plays for the Russian national team.
