Violation of anti-doping rules is attributed to four former and current athletes, the Russian Biathlon Union. Their names are not named, but it is noted that the information provided by the IBU in respect of biathletes and their coaches will be carefully checked. Within 14 days, accused of using prohibited substances, athletes will decide whether they will accept the findings of WADA. "We draw the attention of all interested persons to the fact that three of the four biathletes mentioned in the letter completed their sports career, and one at the moment does not and does not train in the national team of the country," the statement says.. As the sports journalist Andrei Mitkov said in his telegram channel, Anton Shipulin and Yevgeny Ustyugov were among the suspects. "Among them - two-time Olympic champion Eugene Ustyugov, Olympic champion, our biathlon fsy Anton Shipulin. In total there are 20 names of biathletes in this list, but before the Congress the IBU got the loudest ones, "he wrote. Ustyugov himself told the edition "Championships" that he knew nothing about accusations against him. "While I do not know anything about this topic. Why did suspicions appear now, four years after I completed my career?

", He said, stressing that the anti-doping tests are kept for eight years, and they have the right to reveal them at any moment. Former first vice-president of the International Biathlon Union, four-time Olympic champion Alexander Tikhonov refused to specify which of the Russian athletes were suspected, but noted that he knows all the names. "I will not specify, but I know all four. Soon you will know everything yourself Nobody reacts.

The President acknowledged that we have problems with doping only after he was told the truthful information at my request, "he said..