Yuri Borodavko, head coach of the Russian national team, said that he considers all athletes who receive therapeutic exemptions for medical reasons for the use of illegal drugs as doping.
“All athletes with therapeutic exceptions are doping agents, including asthmatics. Because they can all use doping drugs, they are insured with the permission of anti-doping laboratories and sit on doping drugs. There is something serious behind these seemingly harmless drugs.
As soon as the treatment permits are lifted, we will see a completely different picture even in the Norwegian team,” Borodavko said in an interview. DEA News.
Doctor Uwe Verangen previously mentioned the number of athletes on the Norwegian cross-country ski team who suffer from asthma and are taking medication for the disease.
“In the Norwegian team at the World Championships, 50 to 70% of athletes are diagnosed with asthma and are on medication. This number has practically not changed for several years, ”the expert said.
Alexander Bolshunov, formerly three-time Olympic champion and cross-country skiing world champion answered Johannes Klebo laughing at his victory in the Championship Heights tournament.