Doping scandal in biathlon: Russian legends beat back!

Doping scandal in biathlon: Russian legends beat back!

Lenzerheide, Schweiz - Violent accusations shake the world of biathlon! The former Russian double Olympic champion Dmitry Vasilyev has focused on the Norwegian athletes and explained that the biathlon World Cup in Lenzerheide was a "World Cup of Liar and Doper". The 62-year-old, who has seen the Russian athletes in a disadvantaged light for years, reports that he has no interest in the races in which no Russian athletes take part. According to Vasilyev, the Norwegian team has been involved in doping for years and leads this as the main reason why the brothers Johannes Thingnes and Tarjei Bö have declared resignation from the Olympic Games. "Each of them has a number of imaginary diseases. For some reason they are all asthmatics," said Vasilyev in an interview with "VSEPROPORT". The allegations are lined up in his repeated attacks on the Norwegian biathlon team, the successes of which he regarded as a result of unfair methods.

Norwegian dominance and doping allegations

In another interview with "Match TV" Vasilyev strengthens his criticism and compares the current Norwegian dominance in biathlon with the "destruction of skiing". He emphasizes that the Norwegians gain an unfair advantage through the use of prohibited asthmyaks, which are allowed with medical exceptions. He refers to reports that document 6,000 cans of asthma medium in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the Luggage of the Norwegian delegation. "Russia would dominate," he says, calling for a strict punishment of the doping to protect the health of the athletes and so as not to drive the youth into the dependency on drugs, according to Vasilyev when he denounced the incidents in skiing. It remains to be noted that there is no concrete evidence for its difficult allegations. While the Russian team is suffering from a doping scandal, the last prominent doping case in Norwegian sport, the long runner Therese Johaug, took place in 2016.

vasilyevs sensational allegations raise urgent questions about the integrity of biathlon sports and once again show how deep the trenches between the athletes from different nations. The upcoming competitions in Lenzerheide could take place against an explosive background that could affect the future of sport.