Protests have erupted outdoors the Olympic Sports activities Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia, over the participation of the Russian nationwide fencing crew within the World Championship.
Supply: Glavcom, as reported by Champion, a sports activities information platform inside Ukrainska Pravda’s holding firm
Particulars: Protestors gathered with banners studying: "They fence in Tbilisi – and kill in Ukraine", "Sport is above politics? Inform that to these killed within the battle", "Russia’s white flag belongs on the battlefield, not the fencing piste", and "Russian pigs, you aren’t welcome right here! Right now it's fireworks – tomorrow it will likely be Grads".
The final banner referred to an incident that occurred at round 04:00 on 27 July. Fireworks had been set off outdoors the resort the place Russian athletes are staying. Protestors additionally burned a Russian flag.
🇬🇪«Росіяни, вам тут не раді!»: у Грузії збірну Росії з фехтування розбудили вибухами о 4 ранку перед матчем чемпіонату світу pic.twitter.com/dw3xnUokPV
— ГЛАВКОМ (@GLAVCOM_UA) July 27, 2025
Background:
- The 2025 World Fencing Championship runs till 30 July. A big variety of Russian and Belarusian "impartial" athletes have been admitted to the event.
- Amongst them are Sofya Velikaya – a serious within the Russian forces, Yana Egorian – a lieutenant and recipient of the Russian Defence Ministry’s medal For Strengthening Navy Cooperation, and Olga Nikitina – a warrant officer within the Russian forces.
- Earlier, Ukrainian fencer Vlada Kharkova gained her first-ever gold medal on the World Championship, triumphing within the girls’s particular person épée occasion. Extra medals for Ukraine have already been secured by Nikita Koshman, a semifinalist within the males’s épée, and Alina Komashchuk, who reached the semifinals within the girls’s sabre.
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