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Krasimir Anev, a few months after the clash with the Bulgarian federation of biathlon which accused him of boycott, explained the reason for the rift with the 'association giving his version of events.
Monday 4 May 2015 6 minutes reading time
Ekaterina Davofska, federal president, had even accused the 'now twenty-eight of boycott, referring to his repeated absences in the relay.
In fact, after not having participated in the team event of the World Cup in Oberhof and Antholz, because & eacute; "Were not in his program," the number one Bulgarian movement should not have taken part in the relay even Europeans of Otep & auml; & auml ;.
However on the eve of the trial is Ivan Zlatev & egrave; sick and, according to reports from Dafovska, Anev would refuse to replace forcing the 'whole quartet to forfeit.
On the eve of the World Championships in Kontiolahti it was necessary even the 'intervention of the sports minister Krasen Kralev, who & egrave; He succeeded in establishing a truce between the two parti.Tuttavia, after several weeks of silence, in recent days Anev released a television interview "Channel 3" in which he explained for the first time his reasons.
"The federation has a biased attitude, I have been discriminated against in October. I wanted to go to Austria for a training camp with my coach and ski man. But the federation has denied the presence of quest''ultimo, saying that not c''erano funds to send him.
It is clear that we have not traveled by plane, we went by car. Just me and my coach. The ski man would come with us, but in fact the Fed did not want to say that not c''erano money.
Ten days later I learn that the federation sends the same place where I was a huge shipment of 20 people: 10 athletes and 10 members of the technical staff ... For & ograve; funds for my skiman not c''erano.
Last year, the coach of the team Nikolay Zhakarov said in public, in front of all the other technical, that now I was finished, I would not go anywhere and I had more & ugrave; nothing to give to the Bulgarian biathlon.
These words motivated me to work even more & ugrave; hard together with my coach Georgi Fartunov. We were alone, often we would need a third person, but there & egrave; It never has been made available.
Being cos & Igrave; opposed prompted me to prove that I can be competitive on its own, the face of the whole federation. & Egrave; certainly it has been my best season and I am really very happy. "
Indeed Anev in 2014 - '' 15 had its winter pi & ugrave; Because of increasingly rich & eacute; got five placings in the top ten (previously he had collected only three in his entire career), including fourth place in the mass start in Oberhof, best result for a Bulgarian biathlete the early '80s. He also collected a silver at the European Championships.
Actually & agrave; the contrast between the 'athlete and the federation & egrave; now long standing. In 2013 he even announced his retirement dall''attivit & agrave; racing, except to retrace his steps, at odds with the coaching staff because of issues related to the preparation of its materials. Also he had already & agrave; Zhakarov attacked in June 2014, calling it not able to perform his job.
Chiss & agrave; if there will be & agrave; Because this kind of federal response & eacute; the relationship Anev-BFB now seems flawed to the point that hardly potr & agrave; It is healed.
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