Already during the war, Ukrainian biathletes accused the official of manipulation.
Acting President of the Biathlon Federation of Ukraine < Volodymyr Brynzak will not run in the election and will resign, KAMPsport reports.
The election is scheduled for May 18. According to the source, they will not be abolished due to the war, and Brynzak will not be among the candidates.
Volodymyr Brynzak has headed Ukrainian biathlon since 1998. It is likely that his decision was influenced by the conflict with most Ukrainian biathletes, which occurred after the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.
Brynzak in an interview said that naturalized Russian women from the Ukrainian national team at the time wars were in Russia and stuck there.
However, several Ukrainian biathletes immediately accused Brynzak of lying. Moreover, Khrystyna Dmytrenko noted that the Russian athletes returned home immediately after learning about the beginning of the invasion.
“Correction. they packed up and went home. It's the feeling of being naturalized more than their own. “
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Earlier it was reported that the International Biathlon Union has suspended the membership of Russia and Belarus in the organization .
