The Danish Fencing Federation decided to cancel the international tournament in Copenhagen due to the decision of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in international competitions. This was announced by the head of the organization Jan Sylvest Jensen. " We cannot do this in the current conditions, when Russian and Belarusian athletes were allowed to participate," He also noted that Denmark is prepared for the potential consequences of not hosting the tournament, including the risk of losing the right to host the competition on a permanent basis.. “For fencers, this means that in order to qualify for the Olympics, they will have to travel more to other tournaments, and this will involve high costs.. For Denmark, this will mean the risk of losing further tournaments. We run the risk of no longer hosting international competitions in Denmark at the senior level," In early March, the International Fencing Federation (FIE) decided to return the Russians and Belarusians to international competitions, despite the full-scale war that the Russian Federation, with the support of Belarus, continues to wage in Ukraine. This caused outrage in the world community.. Due to the cancellation of the " Earlier it was reported that at the Fencing World Cup in Nanjing, China, representatives of the FIE banned the Ukrainian national team from organizing a protest against the return of athletes from Russia and Belarus. Recall that more than 300 fencers from around the world called on the FIE to reconsider the decision to return athletes from Russia and Belarus to competitions..