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Fencers ask Bach to uphold ban on Russian athletes

More than 300 fencers have called on Olympic chief Thomas Bach to uphold the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes when he and the decision-making board of the International Olympic Committee meet today. – EPA pic, March 28, 2023.

MORE than 300 active and former fencers have called on Olympic chief Thomas Bach to uphold the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes when he and the decision-making board of the International Olympic Committee meet today. Bach, who won the Olympic fencing team gold in 1976, has been keen to find a “pathway” for athletes from Russia and Belarus to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

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