Svetlana Sleptsova will receive a gold medal after the disqualification of Kaisa Varis

The Russian biathletist Svetlana Sleptsova can receive the first gold medal in the career from the stage of the World Cup in the framework of a specially organized ceremony. She was the second in the sprint at the World Cup in Rupolding January 11, but the winner of the race Fink Kais Varis was convicted of doping.

“To talk about the delivery of the Sleptsova medal as a failed fact, I can only when IBU executed the IBU executed on the disqualification of the Kaisa Varis, ” Michael Gaystlinger, Secretary of General of the International Union of Biathlonists, noted in an interview with the entire sport . Kasy Varis on January 6, all its results after this date - including the victory at the World Cup in Rupolding January 11 - will be canceled.

Considering that the season is now in full swing, it is possible that a special ceremony of presenting medals will be arranged, respectively, Svetlana Sleptsova, Helena Yonsson and Katya Wilhelm.

However, this will probably not happen at the World Cup. It is unlikely that IBU will have time to make a decision and organize everything so quickly. But to arrange such a ceremony at one of the latest stages of the World Cup is quite realistic, Gaystlinger noted.

Recall that for the second in the career, the case of consuming doping of the Finnish shooting skier Kase Varis is threatened by life disqualification. After the announcement of the results of the "B" test, it became clear that the first victory at the stage of the World Cup would appear in the career of Russians Svetlana Sleptsova.