Presidents of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Anders Besseberg and the International Ski Federation (FIS) Gianfranco Casper called on the IOC head Thomas Bach to answer. They wrote a letter in which they demanded an explanation of the reason for the removal of the leading Russian athletes. Besseberg and Casper believe that without the leaders of the national team, the Olympic Games will lose their color, which will affect the television ratings and will affect the future of the sport, "Sport Express". At the same time, the international organization once again adopted an absurd decision. The commission did not allow skiers and skaters who performed at the Games in Sochi. Again, no explanations or proofs are still available. Data on world doping violations provided by the hacker group Fancy Bears.

They posted on the Web documents that 70% of Norwegian skiers take banned drugs on therapeutic exceptions, like asthmatics. It is noted that many athletes from other countries even completely skip doping tests, but bear no responsibility for this. It also turned out that the assay containers were of poor quality, so they can easily be damaged in normal use. In the light of this new information, Russia's accusations of scratches on jars seem completely unfounded, and the latest statement by WADA ex-head Rude Andersen confirms that the anti-Russian company is not aimed at fighting doping, but rather at politically restraining Moscow. In his view, the number of Russians in the Games should be significantly reduced. If this is not done, then the removal of Russia is meaningless. "I do not want to come up with a number, but it should be significantly less than 389. If many Russian athletes go, this will cause a stormy reaction among the public, "the Norwegian edition of VG. In this case, the world sport, as it is against the IOC and protects Russian athletes. The German edition Handelsblatt notes that Shipulin, Ustyugov and An have never been involved in doping scandals, so their removal causes a lot of questions. The Secretary-General of the Center for Sports Ethics of Finland, Harri Syuvsalmi, believes that the international organization is obliged to explain the criteria to the athletes, Hufvudstadsbladet.

In support of domestic sport, the French biathlete Simon Fourcade. In his opinion, it is impossible to leave behind all the innocent. We need a qualitative investigation so as not to infringe on the rights of "clean" athletes, the portal of sports. fr. The political games in which the IOC and WADA have climbed may cost them a loss of reputation and control over world sports. It remains to be hoped that the minds of officials will clear up and everything will be resolved safely for Russians.