Another country is definitely against the return of athletes from aggressor countries.
The Women’s Foil World Cup, which was supposed to be held April 21-23 in Poznań, has been officially cancelled. The reason is the entry of Russian and Belarusian athletes into the competitions.
The Polish Fencing Federation issued an appeal in which it categorically opposes the return of athletes from aggressor countries to competitions and expresses solidarity with Ukraine.
“The Polish Federation (PZS) informs that due to the change of the leadership of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) the selection rules for the Women’s Foil World Cup in Poznań regarding athletes and support personnel with Russian passports and Belarusian, PZS leadership is forced to cancel this competition.
The changes introduced by the FIE on April 4, 2023 deprived the organizers of the World Cup – PZS and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań – of any influence on the process of receiving registered participants and support staff, and introduced also a method for checking such people for links to aggression in Ukraine, which differs from the proposed earlier PZS and based on the imprecise area does not guarantee proper verification of these people.
The procedure introduced by the FIE on April 4, 2023 means that Ukrainian fencers will not participate in qualifying competitions for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and on the other hand, there is a risk of allowing a large number of athletes with Russian and Belarusian. passport in a poorly controlled manner.
The Polish Fencing Association supports the Ukrainian Fencing Federation in its efforts to remove from competitions and the world fencing environment people who support the brutal war in Ukraine and approve the regime of Vladimir Putin, because, as the organizer of the World Cup in Poznan , he cannot accept such a situation, “- said in the message.
It will be remembered that earlier in Poland they called the condition for the entry of Russian athletes into the country.
In addition, a fencing tournament was canceled in Denmark due to the entry of Russians and Belarusians into it.
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