The Ukrainian women's national sabre fencing team will play the quarterfinal match of the World Championship-2023 on Sunday, July 30, which ends in Italy. Our team consisting of Alina Komashchuk, Olha Kharlan, Olena Kravatska and Yulia Bakastova will meet with the 5th-seeded team of the USA at the arena in Milan.

The start of the match is at 11:30 Kyiv time. You can watch the match live on Youtube.

We note that Ukraine beat Uzbekistan (45:27) on the way to the 1/4 finals. Our girls also beat a strong team from Italy (45:34) in the 1/8 finals. The USA team defeated India and China.

As reported by OBOZREVATEL, Olha Kharlan defeated Russian Anna Smirnova in the individual championship in 1/32 of the World Cup-2023. Our compatriot refused to shake hands with her opponent after the fight, who went crazy and refused to leave the track.

The representative of the Russian Federation filed a protest against the result of the duel, which was then rejected. The propaganda channel Match TV published a photo of the appeal that Anna Smirnova wrote on Olha. As a result, the FIE disqualified Kharlan from the World Cup-2023, but the next day suspended its decision, allowing her to participate in the team tournament.

Our saberist herself noted that she was simply shocked by the decision to exclude her from the tournament.

We note that Smirnova is not a "neutral" athlete, as required by the regulations of the competition. The brother of the representative of the aggressor country is a military man. She is very proud of him, which is evident from the joint photos.

After the high-profile publicity in the world media, the IOC reacted to the scandal by making a sensational decision on the Ukrainian.

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