In April, Ukraine barred its national sports teams from competing in Olympic, non-Olympic and Paralympic events that have competitors from Russia and Belarus.
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Ukraine’s Olympic champion Olha Kharlan was disqualified from the 2023 World Championships after saluting her opponent with her sword in lieu of shaking the hand of her vanquished Russian opponent, Anna Smirnova.
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Ukraine’s Olympic champion fencer Olha Kharlan was drawn to fight Russia’s Anna Smirnova, who will compete under a neutral flag, at the first round of the World Fencing Championships in Milan, Italy.