11:27 am: Simon Fourcade insulted by a Ukrainian biathlete
On Russian television Match TV, as well as during the junior world championships, Frenchman Simon Fourcade showed his support for Russian and Belarusian biathletes, deprived of the official flag and anthem. “In the United States, when the American officials started tearing down the flag, the symbols of Russia, I saw the great distress, the sadness of the athletes and the coaches. They are not guilty of this war, they were taken hostage to the situation. »
A statement that goes badly for Dmytro Pidruchnyi, a Ukrainian biathlete who took up arms against Russia. “Simon Fourcade’s interview with Russian journalists really shocked me. First of all, Martin and Simon, go to hell, I hope your children never feel the pain that Ukrainian children have experienced. Children who left their homes, who heard the sound of explosions, who saw their mothers raped and loved ones killed. I’m sorry I voted for Martin on the IOC Athletes’ Commission, that such great athletes turn out to be shitty people. »