Aftermath of the Loginov raid: “Outlawed by other teams”

Nobody explained to the team on the sidelines of the World Championships in Antholz “which exact rules and which articles of the IBU constitution” Loginov had broken, “so that he was truly ostracized by other teams,” it said in a letter sent by the RBU. The letter, dated last Friday, is addressed to IBU President Olle Dahlin and the board, and it was also sent to several international media on Tuesday. “Everyone is clean.” Russia's Biathlon Federation about its athletes On February 22, Loginov was interrogated by the Italian police in Antholz. A special unit searched his hotel room and confiscated material. Loginov has already been banned for two years for Epo doping, but has been allowed to compete again since November 2016. In South Tyrol he won the World Championship sprint and celebrated his first major success. Loginov had recently always emphasized being clean. IBU is “very disappointed” The RBU also insists on this in the three-page letter signed by First Vice President Alexei Nushdov. “All members of the Russian national team” would submit to the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency. “As a result, everyone is clean,” it said. In the case of Loginow, however, a negative image would have emerged, and the Russian association did not want to accept that. “The RBU expects the help of the IBU in the future,” it continued. The IBU reacted "very disappointed by the RBU's decision" to publish the letter, "which contains unfounded accusations and fundamentally misrepresents the situation (...)," it said in response to a dpa query. There was no wrongdoing by the world association.

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Aftermath of the Loginov raid: “Outlawed by other teams”

The Russian biathlon association RBU has accused the world association IBU of a lack of support after the doping raid against sprint world champion Alexander Loginov.

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