It's a little bit difficult to write all these posts in July. Even on my polish site texts don't appear as often as they used to. Actually, summer time is better for training than for writing. For example last week I had a workout every day. First time after long brake I did everything perfectly. I was rollskiing, cycling, running and doing some strength sessions. Believe or not, there's nothing better than long training in perfect sunshine with breathtaking views. Today I have a day off. Not exactly, because it's good time to write something.
Meanwhile there's of course so many competitions to watch in TV. Tour de France and World Cup in Brazil are really interesting in last days. However in biathlon's world we have a serious issue. I mean changes in Olympics' blood screening procedures. IBU decided to discontinue blood testing as part of antidoping efforts at all future Olympic Games. Instead, blood tests will be running by International Olympic Comitee (IOC), practically by WADA. I'm not going to explain all details of this decision because for me it's very unclear and my reaction is called WTF in this case. This decision was made by Anders Besseberg, the president of IBU. In my opinion, biathlon will regret this. The data about every biathlete is in possession of IBU. So, the process of screening at Olympic Games will last more time than before. IOC would get biological data on demand after all. But in fact, it gives an opportunity for cheating. I don't judge, but I really don't want to see "a young Russian talent, never known before" winning OG and then being caught on doping. Results must be adjusted then and nobody remember the "actual = clean" winner. A good justice and screening system don't allow to exist situations like this one. But now IBU's changes are entering the wrong path. What's more, one of the reason of this decision was a lack of communication between Anders Besseberg and the IBU’s Vice President for Medical Issues- Dr. Jim Carrabre. Carrabre strongly disagrees with changes. The two men are running against one another for the presidency of the IBU. The doping case will be certainly a main issue in this competition. By the way, I thought that biathlon is non- political and now I'm disappointed. Why the conflict between two men are more important than sport? I don't understand it...
