Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan was awarded a place in the 2024 Paris Olympics by the IOC on Friday after she was disqualified at the world championships for refusing to shake the hand of her Russian opponent.

Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan was awarded a place in the 2024 Paris Olympics by the IOC on Friday after she was disqualified at the world championships for refusing to shake the hand of her Russian opponent.

  • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
    316·
    1 year ago

    I don’t think I’d want to shake the hand of someone whose people are illegally pillaging and destroying my homeland either. I’d sooner rather spit on it.

    • RealBlstr@lemmy.world
      526·
      1 year ago

      I mean, the US/UK leveled Irak / Afghanistan, but their athletes have been welcome to compete everywhere. No one spits at them, as far as I know.

      If someone has such strong feelings against another country, they might as well go to the front line and kill/get killed. Fuck this girl and all chicken hawks out there.

      • mea_rah@lemmy.world
        102·
        1 year ago

        She is on the frontline winning important battles. There are often smarter ways to fight. Perhaps that’s not obvious to vatniks that are told the only way to victory are countless meatgrinder waves of conscripts and prisoners.