Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan has been disqualified for refusing to shake hands with Russian Anna Smirnova at the World Fencing Championships. Kharlan, the first fencer to face a Russian. In an unprecedented series of events, Ukrainian star fencer Olga Kharlan refused to shake hands with her Russian competitor Anna Smirnova after their match at the world championships in.
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INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website SMIRNOVA Anna Head to Head sabre Rank 182 Pts 5.000 Age 23 Hand R Download profile Upcoming Events Competition Place Country Start Grand Prix Tunis tunisia 12 Jan 2024 Coupe du Monde Lima peru 09 Feb 2024 Statistics Ranking Results Opponents rank points season CNN — The leader of Ukraine's national fencing team, Olga Kharlan, has been disqualified from participating in the world championships after she refused to shake hands with Anna Smirnova, who. "Anna Smirnova lost the fair competition and decided to play dirty with the handshake show. This is exactly how [the] Russian army acts on the battlefield," Kuleba said. Smirnova staged her. Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan said the rules of her sport must be changed following her disqualification for refusing to shake hands with Russian Anna Smirnova at the World Fencing.
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Olga Kharlan, left, of Ukraine, refused to shake the hand of Anna Smirnova, of Russia, after their Fencing World Championship bout in Milan on Thursday. Ms. Kharlan's gesture resulted in her. The Russian fencer Anna Smirnova approached Olga Kharlan after losing to the Ukrainian to shake hands but Kharlan instead held up her sabre and walked away. Smirnova refused to move for. The scandal between Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan and Russian fencer Anna Smirnova raised questions about neutrality, the limits of sportsmanship and one of fencing's oldest traditions, the handshake.. Ukrainian star fencer Olga Kharlan refused to shake hands with her Russian competitor Anna Smirnova after their match at the world. Russia's Anna Smirnova remains seated after her bout with Ukraine's Olga Kharlan in the women's individual sabre best of 64 round match at the World Fencing Championship in Milan, Italy, Thursday, July 27, 2023.. July 27, 2023. Olympic champion Kharlan competed against officially-neutral Russian opponent Smirnova at the.
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SMIRNOVA ANNA General Information Country: _AIN Gender: F Handedness: Right-handed Date of birth: 2000-05-24 License: 24052000003. INTERNATIONAL FENCING . Created Date: Ukraine's Olga Kharlan refuses to shake hands with Russia's Anna Smirnova. Photograph: Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images "I got a lot of hate for what I did," she says of a predictably.
Russia's Anna Smirnova, competing as a neutral athlete sat in her chair for 10 minutes in protest at the refusal of her Ukrainian opponent Olha Kharlan to shake her hand following their bout. Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan has been disqualified after refusing to shake hands with Russian Anna Smirnova at the FIE Fencing World Championships in Milan. Kharlan, a four-time Olympic medallist.
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TOPSHOT - Russia's Anna Smirnova, registered as an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN), sits on the fencing strip in protest, after Ukraine's Olga Kharlan (not in picture), refused to shake hands. Kharlan outduelled Anna Smirnova 15-7. The International Fencing Federation (FIE), like some sports federations, allows Russian and Belarusians to compete as neutrals without their national flag.
