The International Biathlon Union (IBU) is in the Russian National Biathlon Team's accommodation in Hochfilzen.
The Central State Attorney for the Prosecution of Economic Offenses and Corruption (WKStA).
In its statement, the WKStA confirms that it is conducting an investigation against five officials of the Russian biathlon team based on the use of prohibited substances and / or methods for the purpose of doping. It is thus conducting an investigation against five Russian biathlon athletes based on fraud in connection with doping. The period in question is the IBU Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen 2017. The accused persons have handed out the information about these papers according to Austrian criminal process law. A raid or interrogations did not take place.
"It can be confirmed that in the Central Public Prosecutor's Office for the Prosecution of Economic Criminal Matters and Corruption (WKStA) in Austria, a preliminary investigation against five supervisors of the Russian Biathlon Team because of the use of prohibited substances or methods for the purpose of doping (§ 22a Abs 1 Z 1 and 2 Anti-Doping-Federal Law 2007) and five athletes of this team because of heavy fraud in connection with doping (§§ 146, 147 Abs 1a, tw Abs 2 StGB) .The Tatzeitraum enters the Biathlon World Cup 2017 in Hochfilzen Pursuant to the Austrian Code of Criminal Procedure, persons were therefore given an understanding of the conduct of a preliminary investigation (Section 50 StPO), and there were no searches or interrogations."
25 Years at #1: Your best source of news about the Olympics is www.aroundtherings.com, for subscribers only
Recent Articles
Sinner-Alcaraz, the duel that came to succeed the three phenomenons
Beyond the final result, Roland Garros left the feeling that the Italian and the Spaniard will shape the great duel that came to help us through the duel for the end of the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic era.
Table tennis: Brazil’s Bruna Costa Alexandre will be Olympic and Paralympic in Paris 2024
She is the third in her sport and the seventh athlete to achieve it in the same edition; in Santiago 2023 she was the first athlete with disabilities to compete at the Pan American level and won a medal.
Rugby 7s: the best player of 2023 would only play the medal match in Paris
Argentinian Rodrigo Isgró received a five-game suspension for an indiscipline in the circuit’s decisive clash that would exclude him until the final or the bronze match; the Federation will seek to make the appeal successful.
Rhonex Kipruto, owner of the world record for the 10000 meters on the road, was suspended for six years
The Kenyan received the maximum sanction for irregularities in his biological passport and the Court considered that he was part of a system of “deliberate and sophisticated doping” to improve his performance. He will lose his record and the bronze medal at the Doha World Cup.
Katie Ledecky spoke about doping Chinese swimmers: “It’s difficult to go to Paris knowing that we’re going to compete with some of these athletes”
The American, a seven-time Olympic champion, referred to the case of the 23 positive controls before the Tokyo Games that were announced a few weeks ago and shook the swimming world. “I think our faith in some of the systems is at an all-time low,” he said.
