Biathletes of two teams are going to boycott the Biathlon World Cup in Tyumen, which is the final in this season.

Thus, they decided to respond to the decision of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) to keep the Russian stage in the calendar.

The first about the boycott of the Russian stage today, February 24, announced the US team, and then joined it and the Czech Republic.

"The recent decision of the IBU is absolutely unacceptable. In support of clean sports and for our own safety, we will not perform in Tyumen. This is our final decision. We fully support the right of Russians free from doping to compete in competitions, and Russia will be able to take the World Cup stages in the future, but only after they show the real results of the fight against doping, "the statement of the American side says..

"We will be forced to sacrifice the result, but in the end the truth will be on our side. Much worse will yield to its principles, "said the chairman of the Biathlon Union of the Czech Republic, Jiri Hamza.

It is interesting that earlier information appeared about the boycott of this stage by Canada, but then she disowned it.

Recall, it was first reported that this stage was moved to Oslo, but the president of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Anders Besseberg subsequently said that there were no changes.

The World Cup in Tyumen is scheduled from 22 to 25 March 2018.

Recall, on December 5, the IOC disqualified the Russian national team from the Olympics due to the doping scandal. Take part in it will be able to only "clean" athletes under the Olympic flag.