Kazan, Russia ¨C For Russia¡¯s fencing champions, a ruling to allow them to return to international competition has done little to change their circumstances, as other European nations have canceled events in protest.
Last month¡¯s decision by the International Fencing Federation (FIE) made fencing the first Olympic sport to re-open its events to athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus.
It generated outrage in Ukraine, a hard-hitting petition to uphold the ban and a raft of competitions being canceled in countries opposed to hosting Russian or Belarusian fencers.
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