In protest against the doping system in Russia, the Canadian Biathlon Federation does not want to send its athletes to the giant empire for the World Cup and IBU Cup competitions that will take place in March. This was announced by Biathlon Canada in a statement. Holding onto the events causes “great damage” to the sport.
The organisation takes the view that the Russian Biathlon Union should not be allowed, after the exclusion of Russia’s National Olympic Committee from the Winter Games in Pyeongchang/South Korea (9. till 25. February 2018) as the host of sports competitions.
In Tyumen from 20. till 25. The biathletes’ World Cup finale will take place in March, parallel to this, the IBU Cup season’s end of the season will be held in the West Siberian city. Directly before that, the competition in Uvat (9. till 11. March) and Khanty-Mansiysk (13. till 17. March) Station.
Biathlon Canada had already informed IBU of its decision at the beginning of December. It was an attempt to persuade the executive board of the World Federation to postpone the planned events.