Olga Kharlan has plenty of silverware from past Olympics and world championships but giving Ukraine the first medal at the Paris Olympics amid the ongoing Russian invasion of her home country and ...

The executive committee of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) has overruled the black card for Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan. She will be able to compete at the World Championships, but then ...

Ukraine’s Olga Kharlan may have missed out on the individual Olympic gold medal she craved but she said her bronze in Monday’s sabre final was “really special”, dedicating it to her war-torn country.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The International Fencing Federation (FIE) announced on July 28 it was reinstating Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan, allowing her to ...

The crowd at the Grand Palais greeted the final women's fencing event with cheers so loud that the athletes couldn't even hear the referees. Ukraine claimed the Olympic champion title in women's team ...

Fencer Olga Kharlan claimed a first medal for Ukraine at the Paris Games in the fencing event on Monday. The 2008 Beijing champion took bronze after she defeated South Korea’s Choi Sibin 15-13 in the ...

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 ...

Ukraine’s fencer Olha Kharlan speaks during a press conference within the FIE Fencing World Championships at the Fair Allianz MI.CO (Milano Convegni) in Milan, on July 28, 2023. Ukraine’s Olha Kharlan ...

Olga Kharlan's disqualification for not shaking hands with her Russian opponent after defeating her at the world championships has been reversed. She has also been guaranteed a spot at the 2024 Paris ...

Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan, a four-time Olympic medalist and four-time individual world champion, was disqualified from this year’s championships in Milan after she refused to shake hands with her ...

The leader of Ukraine’s national fencing team, Olga Kharlan, said she “acted with my heart” following her disqualification from the world championships for refusing to shake hands with a Russian ...