The convocation of an extraordinary FIE congress and the vote were held with a number of procedural violations of the statutes
Fencing Federation of Ukraine (FFU) contacted Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne with a claim for the annulment of decisions of the Extraordinary Congress of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) on the resumption of admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions under the auspices of the FIE.
The convening of the Extraordinary FIE Congress and the voting were carried out with a number of procedural violations of the FIE statutes. In view of this, the Fencing Federation of Ukraine applied to CAS with a statement to cancel the decisions taken at the Extraordinary FIE Congress.
Recall that on March 10, 2023, an extraordinary congress of the International Fencing Federation was held online, which decided to return Russian and Belarusian athletes, as well as officials of these countries, to competitions under the auspices of the FIE. The decision comes into force in the second half of April 2023.
The Fencing Federation of Ukraine twice filed a request to block this decision, but their protest was not satisfied. At the same time, the Lithuanian Fencing Federation and the Scandinavian Fencing Union did not support the decision of the International Fencing Federation.
Due to the decision of the FIE Congress in Europe, a number of tournaments have already been canceled. France has canceled the May Challenge Monal in Saint-Maure-des-Fosses, Denmark has canceled the tournament in Copenhagen and Finland has canceled the FIE satellite tournament in Kupittaa. Poland is also ready to cancel the World Cup stage in Poznan if Russian and Belarusian athletes take part in it.
Source: Sportarena
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