Two-time Olympic champion Dmitry Vasiliev said he was offered $10,000 for the murder RIA News.
“When I stopped exercising, I was struggling with money. A friend of mine offered to take a chance and buy ten thousand dollars. I realized that I would fire one shot and the second would be at me,” said Vasiliev.
The athlete noted that he was no longer alive and that a former athlete, whose name he did not give, made such an offer to him.
“If I had not refused, I would not be here now,” Vasiliev added.
Vasiliev became Olympic champion in 1984 and 1988. He became world champion in 1986.
Now Vasiliev, St. He is the president of the St. Petersburg Biathlon Federation.
On December 8, the International Olympic Committee allowed athletes from Russia to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games with neutral status. It was initially reported that eight Russians and three Belarusians received licenses for the Games, but on December 13 the IOC press service corrected this data. Now the organization’s website says that six Russian and five Belarusian athletes have won quotas for the Olympics.
Earlier Vasiliev said: I’m waiting for new formats In Russian biathlon.
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Source: Gazeta
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