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The Latest: US biathletes to boycott Russian World Cup final

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):

1:45 p.m.

The United States biathlon team has announced it will boycott the final IBU World Cup meet in Russia next month.

The U.S. athletes released a statement Saturday saying that the International Biathlon Union's recent decision to move forward with the March 22-25 event in Tyumen, Russia— despite a recent doping scandal in that country — is "completely unacceptable."

The statement says, "In support of clean sport and our own physical safety, we cannot in good conscience participate."

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