Prosecutors in Austria are investigating dopinganklager from skiskytter world cup in 2017 which apply to the five athletes and five leaders on the Russian team, according to news agency DPA.
Russia won one gold and one bronze during last year’s championships in the austrian city.
The austrian police says that they have only been at the hotel to inform the Russian camp that there are ongoing investigations, and that it has not been done neither the search or interrogation. The Russian camp alleges, however, that more athletes and people in the support services they have had to answer questions from the police.
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The Russian team says in a statement that it is preparing as usual to this week’s verdenscuprenn in Hochfilzen. Yevgeny Garanitsjev, who took the bronze medal in the Sochi OLYMPICS in 2014, has taken to Instagram to vent his frustration.
– I’m on a list of suspected persons to have broken the dopingreglene. Scandal. We are clean!, type Garanitsjev.
The international skiskytterforbundet announces Thursday that it is informed about the ongoing action, but that it did not have any further comments.
Verdenscuprennene in Hochfilzen start Thursday with the 7.5 km sprint for women. It should also goose the sprint for the gentlemen as well as the pursuit and stafetter for both sexes.
These athletes are nominated to the People’s idrettspris 2018