alexmak
So let me get this straight: Ukrainian athlete refuses to do a hand shake with a war supporting Russian athlete, and Ukrainian athlete gets disqualified? Stupid rules, because there should not be any Russian athletes in the international competition to begin with. Let them sit home and compete with Belarusian athletes https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/110786754908983808
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Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan disqualified for refusing to shake hand with russian anna smirnova Ukrainian Kharlan won the match in Milan against the russian fencer who was competing under a neutral flag As the match finished, smirnova put out her hand. In response, Kharlan put out her sword in front of her in an apparent offer to touch sabres instead. Mykolaiv her home town is a frequent target of russian attacks (12 Second) YouTube📽️ 🔗 https://youtu.be/A-lLoPz6Jt8 #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine

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Show threadMik 🇺🇦Jul 28, 2023
@Alexmak https://fie.org/articles/1139
Unfortunately, I think this has something to do with it
INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website

The FIE (Fédération Internationale d'Escrime) is the governing body of the Olympic sport of Fencing on a global level. The FIE has 150 national member federations and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games. Three types of weapons are used in Olympic Fencing: Foil, Epee and Sabre. All three weapons are practised by both men and women.

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Show threadalexmakJul 28, 2023
@Exapt Very likely