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Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan disqualified for refusing to shake hand with russian anna smirnova

Ukrainian Kharlan won the match in Milan against the russian fencer who was competing under a neutral flag

As the match finished, smirnova put out her hand. In response, Kharlan put out her sword in front of her in an apparent offer to touch sabres instead.

Mykolaiv her home town is a frequent target of russian attacks

(12 Second) YouTube📽️ 🔗 youtu.be/A-lLoPz6Jt8

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@EugeneMcParland is it wrong that I think aggression should be put aside in sports?

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@gavinisdie

This photo features anna smirnova, As you can see, she openly admires the russian army, which is killing Ukrainians and destroying Ukraine cities. The International Fencing Federation disqualified the Ukrainian representative for not shaking hands with the russian.

I won't shake her hand also.

Remember the words of Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, even “neutral” feature in russian pro-war propaganda.

@EugeneMcParland oh, in that case, Olga was justified in her actions