Moscow Region Biathlon Federation President Alexei Nuzhdov said that Chinese athletes will not be able to participate in the International Club Biathlon League due to the urgent request of the International Biathlon Union (IBU). His words guide the way RIA News.
“In the morning I spoke with the head coach of the Chinese club (Andrei) Prokunin. They wanted to join the league. But this does not depend on their desires and abilities, but directly on the polite but urgent request of the IBU expressed through the Chinese federation,” Nuzhdov said.
The International Club Biathlon League will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk on 18 and 19 November. It was originally planned that athletes from Russia, China and Belarus would participate in the tournament.
In the spring of 2022, the International Biathlon Union announced its decision to admit Belarusian and Russian biathletes to the World Cup and IBU stages only as neutral athletes. As a result, the Russians decided to skip the competition at the end of the 2021/22 season. In September 2022, the organization extended the suspension indefinitely.
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