The Italian government did not block the participation of 11 fencers from Russia and Belarus at the World Championships to be held in Milan.

It is reported by the portal Inside the Games.

Politicians will not prevent athletes from both countries from competing in neutral status.

At the same time, 39 Russians and Belarusians applied for participation in the tournament, but 28 of them were refused after checking by the International Fencing Federation (FIE).

These athletes did not meet the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Among them are Olympic champions from the Russian Federation Sofia Velikaya, Yana Egoryan and Sofia Pozdnyakova, who is the daughter of Stanislav Pozdnyakov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee..

World Cup in Milan will be held from 22 to 30 June.

Previously, the World Cup stages in Germany, Poland and France were canceled due to the decision of the FIE to return Russians and Belarusians to the tournaments.

It is worth noting that Ukrainian athletes are boycotting tournaments with the participation of representatives of the two countries..

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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian women's saber fencing team won the World Cup gold for the first time since 2016..