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The biathlon competition scandal in late 2020 erupted earlier this year.
The massive flight of athletes would have passed quietly if it were not for the comment that appeared on the ski sports website.
“Something incredible happened in the” Izhevskaya Vintovka “competition In Tchaikovsky, when the women were invited to the doping test, all the participants in the Khanty youth competition withdrew from the competition.
The next day in Izhevsk, when the men were invited to the doping test, all the boys from Tyumen withdrew from the competition. What was it: a paradox? Coincidence? – in the comments section wrote the winner of the world ski championship Nikolai Pankratov, himself previously sentenced to two years of disqualification for doping.
In Izhevsk, 69 girls signed up for the competition, but 12 withdrew at the last minute.
Out of 88 entered in the men’s competition, athlete 21 quickly disappeared.
This is not the first time that a massive leak has occurred prior to the visit of anti-doping officials to Russia. A couple of years ago, at a track and field competition in Irkutsk, several dozen young athletes disappeared before the start when it became clear that they would be tested for doping.
Alexei Nuždov, vice president of the Russian Biathlon Federation, promised to clarify the situation.
“First of all, the federation is clarifying the situation and it will. We will check the objective reason for each participant who dropped out, “he said.
It is true that it is doubtful that responsible people are found in this story. When 36 athletes withdrew from athletics competition before the start, no fault was found.
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