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The International Fencing Federation (FIE) also said it was reinstating Kharlan, allowing her to take part in the team competition at the world championships in Milan.

Emmanuel Katsiadakis, the Greek president of the FIE, said the decision had been taken "after consultation with the International Olympic Committee".

Kharlan, the first fencer to face a Russian or Belarusian since the former's invasion of Ukraine, won 15-7 against Russia's Anna Smirnova on Thursday.

The 32-year-old four-time Olympic medallist refused Smirnova's handshake afterwards, instead offering her sabre to tap blades, but FIE rules state that the two fencers must shake hands.

Smirnova staged a 45-minute protest and refused to leave the competition strip.

Kharlan was disqualified, claiming afterwards that Emmanuel Katsiadakis, the Greek president of the FIE, had even assured her that it was "possible" not to shake hands and offer a touch of her blade instead following her victory.

"I thought I had his word, to be safe, but apparently, no," Kharlan said.

In response to her disqualification, the International Olympic Committee called for Ukrainian athletes to be treated "sensitively".

Then on Friday, IOC President Thomas Bach, a former Olympic fencer himself, sent Kharlan a letter saying she would be guaranteed a place at next year's Olympics in Paris regardless of whether she gained the qualification points.

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[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ahhh yes! The Wagner "coup" preceded by a military buildup on the Russian side! Didn't something similar happen in Russia recently? If memory serves, the leader of both coups is still alive and still a person that even Putin can't just kill off. What was his name? Yevgeny Prigozhin, you say? Tell us more about the coup!

And now Ukraine is hitting downtown Moscow with drones. That coup?

Edit: You see, the trolls don't know how to respond when they're not allowed to talk about a subject that could hurt the viewpoint of Russian/Chinese propaganda. Next up: labor death camps! How's that diplomat from China that went missing? Is Navalny in good health?

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