Ukrainian biathletes Valeria Dmitrenko, Anna Krivonos, Nadezhda Belkina, Yulia Zhuravok, Kristina Dmitrenko appealed to the Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Vadim Gutsait with a request to reconsider the decision to exclude Olga Abramova from the Ukrainian national team.

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Victories and prizes at the stages of the World Cup and the IBU Cup, the summer world championships and European championships repeatedly raised the flag of Ukraine in honor of the considerable sports achievements of Ukrainian Olga Abramova.

Indeed, immediately after the start of the war, the athlete went to the aggressor country for family reasons, which became the formal basis for her release and the inability to continue to represent the team at high-level competitions..

However, can we blame a mother who, at a critical moment in her life, flew away to her young child Should we replace humanity with formality

Moreover, even while on the territory of the aggressor country, Olga Abramova did not avoid public support for Ukraine, almost daily confirming this in a way accessible to herself in this situation - due to the publication of her position on social networks.

And even now, after the announcement of her departure, she wrote a strong text with gratitude and pride for Ukraine.

In view of this, the staff of the Ukrainian Biathlon website asks you to more carefully study the issue of the dismissal of the athlete Olga Abramova and, if possible, reconsider this decision..

Naturalized Russian Abramova has been playing for Ukraine since 2012.

Earlier, the biathlete herself reacted to her exclusion from the national team.