The President of the Russian Fencing Federation, Ilgar Mammadov, said that athletes Konstantin Lokhanov, Oleg Knysh and Sergey Bida did not coordinate participation in the USA Championship with the organization. Words lead the way sports24.
“Athletes’ flight – progress? If you can call it that, haha. And who am I looking for?
Registered athletes do not represent Russia in any way. No one coordinated anything with the Russian fencing federation. I don’t know, said Mammadov.
On July 1, Inside The Games announced that Lokhanov, Knysh and Bida will talk At the US Championships to be held in Phoenix from July 1-9. It was noted that all three athletes now live in America.
Bida is the 2020 Olympic silver medalist on the épée team, a two-time World Championship medalist and a three-time European champion. Knysh is the silver medalist of the 2022 Spartakiad in team saber. Lokhanov is a saber fencer, a four-time world champion among juniors.
Formerly in the Ukrainian Fencing Federation declarationThat Russia’s activities undermine the foundations of international sport.