"Did not remain levers": to Russian Federation reported about a request of International Biathlon Union to China not to participate in the International league of club biathlon

The first Cup of the International league of club biathlon will pass without participation of the Chinese athletes. One of organizers of tournament Aleksey Nuzhdov. According to him, International Biathlon Union asked them not to come to Khanty-Mansiysk. In turn, in International Biathlon Union declared that participation in such competitions can lead to penalties and other sanctions. According to the double Olympic champion Dmitry Vasilyev, at foreign officials did not remain any other levers of pressure, except intimidation. And the former president of SBR Vladimir Petrovich Drachev explained such behavior with fear of the competition. Getty Images © Sampics/Corbis...