Anton Schipulin will not return in the Biathlon world Cup. The controversial Russian Olympic champion of 2014 wants to finish his career. One of the reasons for its decision to persistent Doping allegations.
Russia’s Top biathlete Anton Schipulin ended his career. According to the latest Doping allegations the 31-Year-old will not return to the world Cup and will be on Saturday at the World Team Challenge in Gelsenkirchen to take his leave. “This race for me is the last in my professional career. I made the serious decision,” said the team Olympic champion from 2014. In the Schalke football arena, he occurs together with Ex-world champion Ekaterina Jurlowa-Percht.
Due to alleged training backlog Schipulin had disputed this Winter is still not a race. In January, Russia’s flagship St ski hunter wanted to shock, to health back in the world elite to return, but not now. Schipulin recently hit the headlines, because the Austrian authorities are under investigation for doping suspicion shots. It deals specifically with infringements at the world Cup 2017 in Hochfilzen. There Schipulin had won the Men’s team the gold medal.
Nothing wrong
Schipulin protested, however, against any doping suspicion. “I have the Anti-Doping rules can never hurt. I have always completed, in good conscience, all the doping tests,” he wrote in the social networks. Even if Doping could never be proven, and there were previously no concrete suspicions against him, had not the International Olympic Committee in February admitted to the Olympic winter games in Pyeongchang.
Anton Schipulin (l.-r.), Anton Babikov, Maxim Tsvetkov and Alexey Volkov showing at the world Cup in Hochfilzen your Gold
This decision, as well as the actions of the police a few days ago in Austria had been for him a good reason to end his career as a St ski hunter is now quite early, so Schipulin. “We were prepared for this good Start. We have successfully played”, said the elfmaligen world Cup winner with views of the winter games.
The threat of loss of the Olympic gold
Four years earlier, he had won with the relay in Sochi Olympic gold, and as the final runner of the victory against Germany backed up. However, Russia could rules this medal is still disallowed, because Schipulins former team-mate Yevgeny Ustjugow determined by the Biathlon world Association IBU since November, officially, specifically because of the breach of Anti-Doping.
Schipulin itself is one of five Russian biathletes, against the economic and corruption Prosecutor’s office in Austria is determined. At the world Cup in Hochfilzen, the police had visited the Russian team hotel a visit to inform about it. Schipulin was not there, however, wrote in Instagram: “I am extremely upset that this witch hunt goes on, my confidence as a clean athlete, not only in the fight against Doping, but in our sport overall.”
ck/kd (dpa)