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increases more and more the sull''Ibu pressure on Russia to revoke the 'dell''ottava organization stage of the World Cup in 2016 -' '17. Today came a tough stance on the part of the Czech Republic.
Wednesday 21 December 2016 4 minutes reading time
The federal president Jiri Hazma said all''agenzia iDNES News: "I can not imagine that the stage in Tyumen to take place. Simply because there will be no biathlete.
The Czechs certainly there will be no, we already have all of 'accordo.Penso that we should make it clear to the Russians that what happened can not go unnoticed.
It is high time that a federation say out loud what so far has only been whispered behind the scenes ".
This is clearly a reaction to dell''esistenza news of a list of 31 Russian biathletes doping suspects between 2011 and 2015 delivered by Wada all''Ibu. According to other sources this list instead cconterrebbe 35 names, including those of Olga Zaitseva and Olga Vilukhina.
The words of Hazma are the most significant threat came on the request to remove the stage to Russia. Statements even stronger than those of Martin Fourcade, dettosi dell''evento ready to organize a boycott if the 'Ibu does not make decisions on the above list.
As can count even Britain has said that it will boycott all events in Russia. Thus including the Junior World Championships in Ostrov and, of course, the stage of the World Cup in Tyumen.
According to the official statement of the British federation, even Norway would ask all''Ibu to remove to Russia the 'organization of the Junior World Championships and dell''appuntamento maximum circuit.
Hit by this authentic barrage, the Russian Federation has issued an official statement in which he said that for years pursued a policy of zero tolerance against doping and that most of the names on the list are biathletes already disqualified or withdrawn.
Thursday, December 22 the 'Ibu discuss the matter. You will see if decisions will be taken about. Certainly c''è that in the history of the biathlon can not remember a face so united against one nation.
It should be remembered as the bobsled and skeleton in the repeated boycott threats to Russia have prompted the International Federation to revoke the 'organization of the World Cup in Sochi. You will see if something similar also occurred in the biathlon.
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