Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan said that the International Fencing Federation (FIE) has banned athletes from different countries from wearing Ukrainian symbols.
He said that US athletes wore armbands in the colors of the Ukrainian flag to protest the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus at the tournament in South Korea. FIE forced American women to remove their bandages.
Now any Ukrainian symbol can only be used by Ukrainian athletes.
On January 25, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that it was considering the possibility of allowing Russian athletes who did not support a special operation in Ukraine to participate in international competitions with neutral status.
At the previous Olympic Games, the Russian team took first place in the medal standings, the team won medals for epee and foil (for men and women), as well as sword and team sword for women.
Former German Fencing Federation refused Hold the stage of the Women’s Foil World Cup after news about the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in international competitions.
Source: Gazeta
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