“Violetta Bida is not one of our employees, she was fired in October. Therefore, all questions should be directed to the Russian Fencing Federation,” Svetlana Ishmuratova said in an interview with Match TV.
Recall that Sergei Bida, silver medalist of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, and his wife, medalist of the World Fencing Championships Violetta Bida, were included in the wanted list of the Russian Interior Ministry under the article “Unauthorized abandonment of a unit or place of duty.” According to the source, the couple faces up to ten years in prison.
- Ishmuratova: “Six Russian athletes at the Olympics is a mocking number. It’s simply a humiliation”
Source: Sport
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