Tyumen assigned to the World Cup Biathlon 2021

On the final day of its congress in Chisinau, l & rsquo; Ibu has assigned the 'organization of the World Cup biathlon in 2021 in Tyumen.

Sunday 4 September 2016 4 minutes reading time

The city & agrave; Russian & egrave; been preferred to Pokljuka (Slovenia) and Nove Mesto na Morave (Czech Republic), will be elected from the first vote, the outcome of which & egrave; the following: 25 Votes - Tyumen (RUS) 13 votes - POKLJUKA (SLO) 11 votes - NOVE MESTO (CZE) Located in Western Siberia, about 1,700 km east of the capital Moscow, will host & agrave; the World Cup for the first time. Indeed, to be honest not & egrave; Nor yet was the scene of a race of the World Cup. The first ever happening in March 2017. Sar & agrave; to memorize options The third edition in Russia toto. In fact l & rsquo; & egrave appointment champion; was organized by Khanty-Mansiysk in both 2003 and in 2011. Also not to be forgotten as in the days of & rsquo; Soviet Union, Minsk has obtained the & rsquo; event three times (1974, 1982 and 1990). Despite the lack of tradition, Tyumen is investing decisively in biathlon. This is demonstrated by the fact of being provided with a futuristic plant and especially the fact of organizing a very rich exhibition in early April, with the participation of many big main circuit and which has now assumed the characteristics of the final event & ldquo; no official & rdquo; of the season. Besides the Siberian area & egrave; one of those pi & ugrave; strong within the Russian system, going as far as to challenge from time to time the power of the federation. Is not serious; therefore no surprise to see the World Cup awarded to Tyumen, also because & eacute; the fight between the three resorts & agrave; left in the competition after the & rsquo; departure of Anterselva (which & egrave; was awarded the & rsquo; edition 2020), it was very open. Of course, sorry to see very capable organizing committees like those in Pokljuka and Nove Mesto go thirsty. However, as they say, & ldquo; the boss says & rdquo ;. L & rsquo; Slovenian and Czech system could compete at this point to get the & rsquo; year 2023, which will be & agrave; assigned in two years.

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