Milanko Petrovic is withdrawn in strong disagreement with the federation of Serbia

Fans of biathlon 360 & deg; will surely have noticed the "disappearance" of Milanko Petrovic. Less than afterthoughts his absence will become & agrave; Because ultimately & eacute; Serbia is the biathlete & egrave; withdrawn in strong disagreement with the authorities & agrave; sport in his country.

Monday 12 January 2015 7 minutes reading time

Internal sources claimed already highly qualified & agrave; in March 2014 that there was swell between the 'athlete and the federation. No coincidence Petrovic has not participated in any competition after the Olympic Games in Sochi, but in subsequent months had not arrived news of any kind regarding the situation. Once started the new winter & ograve; the twenty-six Balkan non & egrave; reappeared in the circuit of the biathlon and his absence has aroused the 'media attention in Serbia who, just before Christmas, the individual concerned has vented all her frustration. On 17 December, reached from the head Sportik Jurnal, said: "I decided to retire and stop doing sport as an athlete. I'm not interested Universiade, cos & Igrave; like no other competition. No one is helping me: not the Ministry for youth & ugrave ; and for the sport, not the Olympic Committee (to which I have written several letters), not the Fed to college sports and even the ski federation of Serbia. After the Universiade last year (where Petrovic won two golds and a bronze, nda) received many promises from several people. Only municipalit & agrave; of Sjenica supported me, all the others have disappeared. This shows how little they were interested in my success. I have many reasons to quit. For example, why & eacute; I should bring medals to Serbia if nobody is interested in the price I pay? I said the ministry also wanted to participate in the upcoming Universiade (will be riding in January and February, nda), but I & egrave; was told that c''era not need my presence. So I do not see why & eacute; i should My decision & egrave; Ultimately, I have always received help poor and you can not imagine how many people I have aimed to get a loan, but I never had anything. C '' & egrave; those who think that preparing for 20 days before an event is sufficient to reach the medals! I know that the situation & egrave; difficult for everyone, but this way there are more & ugrave; extremes to continue. " Four days later, on December 21, Petrovic has further developed their own thoughts to the head indicating V92 as the main responsible of his retirement the Serbian ski federation: "The ultimate support received were 1.2 million dinars (about 9,700 euro note) by the Committee Olympic for all the preparation, no other kind of help. I wrote a letter to the minister of youth & ugrave; and sport and also went to talk to his assistant. I had the feeling that no one had read what I had written. I said I was willing to have it checked my accounts, since & eacute; Serbian federation had accused me of having spent â‚¬ 65,000 last year. I have never seen that kind of money put together. What's more, after the Universiade, I heard that my results were not good enough (& egrave; entered into the points in the World Cup in Ruhpolding, nda). The criteria set by the federation to enter among athletes funded are absurd. In alpine skiing & egrave; sufficient finish races, while I would have won several races. But if I had met the criteria they had set, I would have earned â‚¬ 100,000 in prize money and then I would not need any federal funding! They did everything to stop me, and they succeeded. I'm sure you set within the federation c '' & egrave; who is celebrating. Publicly to justify my absence have even invented insomuch that I was subjected to a knee. Nothing more & ugrave; false, I am very well and will become & ograve; father. I asked for help to the Olympic committee, but their hands were tied. The ministry did not help me, and then he has pi & ugrave; sense to continue. What do & ograve; now? Finir & ograve; studies and will try & ograve; a place as a mechanical engineer. " & Nbsp; So Milanko Petrovic has stopped. In his little has written the history of biathlon Since & eacute; & Egrave; became the first (and only tutt''ora) biathlete Serbia capable of marking points in the World Cup. In addition to the Universiade 2013 & egrave; nell''impresa managed to win two medals' gold in two different sports: biathlon (sprint) and cross-country skiing (10 km skating). The 'athlete of Sjenica, born in 1988, also participated in the second edition of Frassinoro Summer Biathlon Festival in June 2013, however, winning the event in tandem with Dorothea Wierer.

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