Germany cancels fencing event after athletes from Russia, Belarus allowed to compete

Germany’s fencing federation has canceled a girls’s foil World Cup occasion after the game’s world governing physique (FIE) reversed a ban on athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus, it mentioned on Thursday.
Athletes from the 2 nations had been banned from many worldwide competitions after Russia invaded Ukraine final February in what Moscow calls a “particular navy operation.”

Greater than 60% of countries voted to permit Russians and Belarusians to renew competing in FIE occasions eventually week’s extraordinary congress.

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