Ukrainian fencers training for Paris Games ready to boycott Olympics FMTNews FMTSports
Ukrainian fencer Svitlana Sopit takes part in a training session with the French team in Paris.
“People in my country die every day,” she said. “Militaries fighting for our freedom. We will not compete against Russians. They should not take part because it is unfair and impossible in a civilised world.” “I come from Mykolaiv in the south of the country. It was bombed today by Russians,” the 20-year-old, a bronze medallist at the Turin Grand Prix in February, told AFP on Thursday in hesitant English.
The twins left on the third day of the war, Feb 26, 2022, to participate in the European Junior Championships. Svitlana said they drove 77 hours to reach Novi Sad, Serbia. They did not set foot again in Ukraine for five months. In March, it became the first Olympic sport to invite Russians and Belarusians back into competition. FIE said they needed to make a decision before qualifying for the Paris Games started.
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