Ukrainian biathlete Dmitry Pidruchny responded to Simon Fourcade's interview with Russian media, in which the Frenchman condemned the removal of Russian and Belarusian biathletes from international competitions.

" Therefore, I decided to take the time to express my opinion on the role of sports in politics and war.. First, Martin and Simon Fourcade, fuck you. I hope your children will never feel the pain that Ukrainian children faced. Children who fled their homes, who heard the sounds of explosions, who saw their mothers being raped and their relatives killed.

I'm sorry that I voted for Marten in the NOC commission, and that such great athletes turned out to be shitty people. How can you say that sport is out of politics, when in Moscow at a concert in support of the war there were many athletes with the letter Z on their clothes? It is they who are so innocent and suffer because of power.?

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Recall that on February 24, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities..

After that, Russian sports began to plunge into complete isolation.. There are practically no federations left that have not excluded the Russians from their competitions.

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Earlier it was reported that the International Biathlon Union suspended the membership of Russia and Belarus in the organization.