Dope test casts gloom over biathletes
Published: 05 February, 2009, 12:26
Russian athletics is embroiled in a drugs scandal after three national biathletes tested positive for the banned blood-booster, EPO.
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Sweden’s biathlon team coach Wolfgang Pichler has said Russian sportsman Maksim Chudov should ‘crawl on his knees’ and make an apology to him. Pilcher has many times accused team Russia of doping.
According to Wolfgang Pichler – the coach of the Swedish biathlon team and one of the most implacable fighters against doping – his athletes are receiving death threats from Russia
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Tuesday that it is up to President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin to decide on the future of CSKA.
It has been confirmed by the Swiss anti-doping laboratory that three Russian biathletes were using prohibited substances.
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Published: 05 February, 2009, 12:26
Russian athletics is embroiled in a drugs scandal after three national biathletes tested positive for the banned blood-booster, EPO.