MINSK, September 18, Alexander Govorov. Four-time Olympic biathlon champion Alexander Tikhonov stated that the leadership of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) will yet regret imposing sanctions on Russian sports. The IBU Congress on Friday decided to uphold the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions until further notice. «That the IBU asks us to distance ourselves from The Russian army, in general, is nonsense. They should mind their own business, and this is the development of biathlon. What are their political statements? There is now the weakest composition of the executive committee of all time. We will punish them. It rains in Europe, it drowns them. There will be no snow in the same Czech Republic and Germany. And then they will all crawl here. I would have turned off all the gas for them long ago,» Tikhonov said. til before international starts. «But the warming is already underway. The Americans came out in support of the wrestlers, they want the Russians to be allowed to participate in international competitions. All these sanctions will not last long. The Americans rule there. The only problem is this. I am sure that they will still kneel before us,» Tikhonov said.
