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Biathlon boss linked to corruption, prostitutes and hunting parties
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published : 29 Jan 2021 at 09:55
8 Former president of IBU Anders Besseberg addresses the opening ceremony of the 2017 Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria.
PARIS - Former biathlon boss Anders Besseberg was accused on Thursday of covering up Russian doping cases in exchange for favours in a damning independent report which cites corruption, prostitutes and hunting parties.
The external review board of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) described in detail how the Norwegian, who was president of the federation from 1992 to 2018, served the Russians for many years, with the help of former IBU secretary general Nicole Resch.
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An independent report commissioned by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) says there is evidence of systematic corrupt and unethical conduct by the former leadership of the sport s governing body in a decade-long cover-up of Russian doping cases.
The report, published on January 28, says that former IBU President Anders Besseberg and ex-Secretary-General Nicole Resch have cases to answer for breach of the IBU s rules, based on their apparent protection of Russian interests, particularly in the anti-doping context, without good justification, between 2008 and 2018.
Norway s Besseberg and the German Resch stepped down in 2018 after Austrian police raided the IBU s headquarters in the city of Salzburg amid a criminal investigation into whether the pair had accepted benefits for covering up Russian doping cases. They haven t been charged with any crime.
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Biathlon report outlines corrupt conduct, favors for Russia
January 28, 2021 GMT
SALZBURG, Austria (AP) A report commissioned by the International Biathlon Union stated Thursday there was evidence of “systematic corrupt and unethical conduct at the very top” of the governing body, especially in protecting Russia on doping issues.
The report, published in a redacted version, accuses former IBU president Anders Besseberg of lobbying intensely for Russia’s interests while showing little appetite for pursuing doping cases which might embarrass the country.
It also said Besseberg, who ran biathlon for 25 years, was taken on hunting and fishing trips for free in Russia and had IBU employees transport his trophies home to Norway. The report cites evidence from a police investigation that Besseberg admitted he “received the service of a prostitute” while staying in Moscow, which he believed had been paid for by a third party.