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Czech and British Biathlon to Boycott Tyumen World Cup, Other Teams Consider Joining
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Czech and British Biathlon to Boycott Tyumen World Cup, Other Teams Consider Joining

Chelsea LittleDecember 20, 2016

In response to evidence of widespread doping in Russia, the Czech Biathlon Union became the first to discuss a boycott. The Czechs will not attend a World Cup stage to be held in Tyumen, Russia, in March; they have been joined by the British Biathlon Union. Several other countries say they hope that the International Biathlon Union will move the event. But the Russian Biathlon Union put out a defiant press release denying any involvement in doping. A Boycott Grows At the...

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Four Biathletes’ Names Not Scrubbed from McLaren Report; 31 Still Unnamed
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Four Biathletes’ Names Not Scrubbed from McLaren Report; 31 Still Unnamed

Chelsea LittleDecember 15, 2016

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has received a list of 31 Russian athletes involved in doping, IBU President Anders Besseberg told Norway’s VG newspaper. The information came from Besseberg said. “I reckon that we on the board will make recommendations within a week… of those athletes who the Committee believes should be provisionally excluded.” Some information about the athletes, however, can already be gleaned from the McLaren report. For example, one document in the Evidence...

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Despite Placing 11th in Pokljuka, Dunklee Calls It ‘A Sad, Sad Day’
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Despite Placing 11th in Pokljuka, Dunklee Calls It ‘A Sad, Sad Day’

Alex KochonDecember 9, 2016

For a good portion of Friday’s race, Susan Dunklee found herself in first place. Not fourth, not third, not even second. First. The ninth starter out of the gate in the women’s 7.5-kilometer International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup sprint in Pokljuka, Slovenia, Dunklee cleaned the first of two shooting stages — prone — to put herself in second behind Norway’s Tiril Eckhoff, who was leading at the time by a mere 0.9 seconds. Eckhoff started...

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FIS President Kasper: ‘We Need to Stop Pretending Sport Is Clean’
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FIS President Kasper: ‘We Need to Stop Pretending Sport Is Clean’

Chelsea LittleNovember 22, 2016

With the number of athletes testing positive at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics now topping 100 and the second part of the McLaren report into state-sponsored doping in Russia dropping within a month, WADA agreed to a new system of sanctions for countries who do not comply with the World Anti-Doping Code. International Ski Federation President Gian Franco Kasper did not like it.

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Tandy, Beaudry Snag Final Two Spots on Biathlon Canada’s World Cup Team
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Tandy, Beaudry Snag Final Two Spots on Biathlon Canada’s World Cup Team

Gabby NaranjaNovember 18, 2016

Five days after Biathlon Canada’s team selection time trials, Biathlon Canada finalized its team for Trimester 1 of IBU World Cup racing. National-team members Megan Tandy and Sarah Beaudry secured the final two spots on the women’s squad, joining their teammates Rosanna Crawford and Julia Ransom. "I am really excited to head to Europe and improve on my performances from trials," Beaudry explained.

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The Votes are In, Russia Awarded 2021 IBU World Champs Despite Controversy
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The Votes are In, Russia Awarded 2021 IBU World Champs Despite Controversy

Chelsea LittleSeptember 6, 2016

Although the IOC said in July that Russia should not host any international winter sports events due to their systematic doping violations and cheating at the 2014 Olympics, it apparently walked those guidelines back -- and now Russia has been awarded biathlon World Championships, despite the fact that the country is not currently in compliance with the WADA Code.

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Trying Not to Break the Piggy Bank: Hosting World Cups in North America
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Trying Not to Break the Piggy Bank: Hosting World Cups in North America

Jason AlbertApril 25, 2016

It's been 15 years since the U.S. hosted a cross-country World Cup. In that time, Canada has hosted such international races on home snow multiple times, most recently with the eight-stage Ski Tour Canada. The cost of hosting World Cups is high and the benefits are sometimes hard to measure. FasterSkier explores how Canada has pulled it off and why the U.S. avoids the risk.

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Abramova Waives B-Sample; Second Athlete Tests Positive as IBU Mulls Sochi Testing
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Abramova Waives B-Sample; Second Athlete Tests Positive as IBU Mulls Sochi Testing

Chelsea LittleFebruary 16, 2016

As Ukrainian biathlete Olga Abramova waived her "B" sample and proceeds to a doping hearing panel, the IBU has found another positive test for the same hormone, mildronate. Plus, IBU VP Jim Carrabre wants to re-analyze testing results from the Sochi Olympics. IBU President Anders Besseberg thinks it's unnecessary, while Russia asserts that the IBU has no jurisdiction.

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