Fencing is usually among the least visible Olympic events, but a year out from the Paris Games it is providing political, sporting and familial drama related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Three Russian fencers who renounced the 2022 invasion in written declarations and now live in the United States were granted eligibility to compete as neutral athletes , representing no country, in the American summer national championships that conclude Sunday in Phoenix.
And that’s just the beginning of the drama. A top Russian coach has been fired after a star épée couple left three weeks ago for the United States. […]
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