Athletistic/ Others. Russian Fencing Federation (FFR) President Ilgar Mammadov has reacted to the statement by two-time Olympic fencing champion Sofia Velikaya about her refusal to go to the Olympics without the Federation’s flag and anthem from Russia.
“We don’t know when we’ll have the next Olympics. She probably understands that there won’t be an Olympics, that’s why she said. Sophia will be 37 in June. After Tokyo, there was such a Olympic pleasure, a euphoria. They I understand that very well. She has a huge experience, she is unique. But at 39 to go to the Olympics. Physically, the speed and endurance are different from those at 25 “, Mammadov said.
Sofia Velikaya has twice won Olympic gold in team fencing competitions – at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She is also eight times world champion (twice in individual competition, 6 times in team saber) and 14 times European champion (5 times in individual championship, 9 times in team competition).
Source: Sport
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