February 24, 2018 – The U.S., Canadian and Czech biathlon teams are boycotting the IBU World Cup Biathlon Final in Tyumen, Russia on March 22-25, while France will attend as the doping dilemma in sport continues and clean athletes want action. Canada announced its position in early Dec. 2017 stating “The Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) remains non-compliant with requirements of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).” The U.S. Biathlon Team recently posted a statement (here) on Twitter claiming… “The International Biathlete Union (IBU) decision to let Tyumen arrange the World Cup events despite the Russian doping scandals is completely unacceptable.” According to Norway Today the Czech Republic’s Biathlete Federation announced the same but the Norwegian Federation has not confirmed while France’s Martin Fourcade apparently must attend to win the overall World Cup.

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