Aleksander Kravtsov, former coach of Lazutina, the new President of the Russian Federation of Biathlon

Quest'' today in Moscow were held elections for the new president of the Russian Federation of biathlon. The successor of Mikhail Prokhorov, in office from'' Fall 2008 and resigned in surprise, Aleksander Kravtsov.

Tuesday 20 May 2014 3 minutes reading time

On the eve of the presidential candidates had as many as 8, which stood out among the names of the athletes ax Viktor Maigourov and Evgeny Redkin. However, six competitors have retreated in'' imminence of the vote, resolved by a plebiscite. Kravtsov, 61, since 2009 the director of the sports center of the Federal Ministry of Russian sport. In his youth is been an athlete in modern pentathlon and the various roles in his career, is was also personal coach Larisa Lazutina 1991-2002. '' To give an idea of â€‹â€‹the thickness of this character think that in December 2002, when the CAS in Lausanne confirmed the disqualification of two years to his athlete to repeated positivity the darbepoietin, defined the'' judicial body "incompetent" and "controlled by the IOC." '' The election of the President of the Russian Federation Kravtsov to biathlon is a victory of the "old guard", as demonstrated by the fact that Sergey Kuschenko, outgoing executive director of the federation, is '' was the only one of the eligible voters did not express a preference for the new president preferring to vote for the challenger'' only remained in the race. This voting against Kuschenko indirectly confirms the words of Wolfgang Pichler, leaving Russia, he said it was impossible to work due to the continuous interference of the Ministry of Sport'' s inside the federation. Now, however, the Ministry of Sport and the federation will effectively become one.

Francesco Paone

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