MOSCOW, August 13, Alexander Sergeev. President of the Russian Fencing Federation (FFR) and the head coach of the national team, Ilgar Mamedov, said that the International Fencing Federation (FIE) might want to allow Russian athletes to participate in international competitions. competitions.» We have already been suspended, does he (Gutzeit) want to suspend us again? Apparently, there is some kind of internal information that they want to let us in. He writes about it so that they won't let us in. But we ourselves don't know anything yet «, — said Mammadov. In February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), against the backdrop of events in Ukraine, recommended that international federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete. Most federations, including the FIE, have accepted this recommendation. The FFR filed a suit against the suspension decision in a Swiss civil court. According to Inside the Games, the FFR demanded that the Russian athletes be allowed to compete as neutral athletes, but the FIE rejected the offer.
