MOSCOW — Russian biathletes will have to undergo extra drug testing if their federation is to have a doping suspension lifted, the International Biathlon Union said Thursday. The Russian Biathlon Union — one of the sport’s traditional powerhouses — was relegated to provisional IBU membership in 2017. Russian doping scandals tie into a corruption probe into the IBU by Austrian and Norwegian authorities. Russian doping cases were allegedly covered up and bribes allegedly paid to delegates to vote for Russia to host a world championship. “It’s very hard to speculate on the timeframe (for Russia to be fully reinstated),” IBU president Olle Dahlin said.

Source: National Post November 15, 2018 15:33 UTC