Olga Harlan Biography

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After talking with the judges, Smirnova left the path, and a new battle began on it. The competition show indicated that it was Harlan that took the next round. The Ukrainian saber was supposed to spend the next battle with the Bulgarian John Ilieva, but it did not take place. After some time, the designation EXC appeared on the scoreboard opposite the name Harlan, that is, “dropped out”.

The victory was awarded to the athlete from Bulgaria. Later in an interview with the media, the president of the fencing of Ukraine Mikhail Ilyashev said that the judge of the battle Harlan against Smirnova did not give the Ukrainian a black card in fencing, athletes who are excluded from the tournament or removed from the competition for serious violations. The decision to disqualify Harlan appeared after her next rival was determined.

Olga Harlan is born and fencing was born in the Ukrainian city of Nikolaev. Her father was engaged in sailing, and at first she went to ballroom dancing. Instead of dancing, her parents chose a free fencing section for her - then she was 9 years old. Harlan's first coach was her home uncle. Little went to the gym on a minibus to the other end of the city.

She just raved with fencing. She painted all school notebooks with sabers, sabers, ”Tatyana Harlan said in an interview with the newspaper Facts. At the age of 14, Harlan first performed at the adult championship of Europe, where she reached the quarterfinals. A year later, in M, the fenc anger debuted at European championships. And three years later it became an Olympic champion - as part of a Ukrainian team, which won gold medals in Beijing.

The author of the photo, Getty Images signature for the photo, Olga Harlan with a doll Barbie, created based on her achievements in the year, became a prototype for Barbie-Flakhli-Flaching dolls from a series called Role Models Role models-English. She received a personal copy of the toy manufacturers. Olga Harlan meets with the Italian fencer Luigi Samel - the bronze champion of Europe and the bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in London of the year.

The author of the photo, Getty Images in February, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, she, together with other Ukrainian winners of the Olympiads, turned to world sports organizations and athletes around the world to support Ukraine and stop the war with Russia. Families of Ukrainian fencers need help, ”said Harlan, collecting money for Ukrainian athletes.

Her family left Nikolaev, who is under constant shelling, but her grandmother still lives in the Nikolaev region. In June, she devoted her victory at European games. Olga Harlan harshly criticized the International fencing Federation for recent permission to athletes from Russia and Belarus to take part in competitions during the war. One of these competitions ended in a scandal for her.

It was so killed that I screamed in pain, ”Harlan said on Thursday evening in a video message to Ukrainians. The author of the photo, Getty Images in it, she also thanked the inhabitants of the country: according to her, after the news of the disqualification, she "came to life only thanks to the support of Ukrainians." You know, you can never force anyone to the world.

Especially Ukrainians. No handshake, ”said Harlan. After the incident with the Russian woman, under the last posts of Harlan, tens of thousands of comments appeared in social networks with words of gratitude, and the number of subscribers of her profile has three times. Our pride! The name Harlan entered Twitter's trends, the athlete was depicted on posters in the form of a Jedi with a light sword.

The Ukrainian postal company Ukrposhta announced that in early August she would devote a brand. This is our position. I urge international sports organizations and federations to respect this decision. All our love and respect to Olga Harlan, ”wrote tennis player Elina Svitolina on Instagram. During the summer tennis tournaments, athletes from Ukraine were hanging out several times for refusing to shake their hand to Russians and Belarusians.

Svitolin herself complained about this, this year the Wimbledon, who came to the semifinals of the London. What the adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak said in Russia that the Russian fencer Anna Smirnova openly supports the army of the Russian Federation - he illustrated his post by the Smirnova picture with the Russian military. Meanwhile, many Russians supported Smirnov.

They will not investigate there who wanted to shake his hand and who is not. Smirnova stood on the path to the end, despite the fact that she lost, she wanted to complete her battle according to the rules that were registered. "The Russian publication Sport-Express writes that the Ukrainian was waving a saber to the naked Russian woman, which threatened her safety, and regrets that Smirnova did not receive the right to replace a disqualified athlete.

Smirnova herself did not comment on the scandal. Lee your hand. What are the rules say? In the rules of fencing, there really is a norm according to which after the battle you need to give a “salute” and shake a hand. The author of the photo, Getty Images according to the FIE rules, is considered completed only when both fencers are lieving to each other, referees and spectators, it says that after the end of the fight, "they must return to their protective line, perform a fencer salute and shake the enemy’s hand." As journalists wrote, the fourth group of violations in fencing is the most serious.

According to the list, for violation of the item, there is a disqualification for the entire tournament plus removal from all competitions for 60 days. This was approved by FIE. As far as I know, yesterday [that is, July 26 - ed. The fencing Federation of Ukraine filed for the disqualification of Harlan, after which the decision on disqualification was revised.

The Minister of Sports of Ukraine Vadim Guttzight said that in the International fencing Federation "many people who work for Russia." According to him, he tried to contact the leadership of the federation, but no one picked up the phone. Until recently, the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov was the president of the International fencing Federation. Now it is headed by a representative of Greece Emmanuel Katsiadakis.

BBC tried to contact Katsiadakis to get a comment. Subscribe to our Imail mailing, and every evening from Monday to Friday you will receive the most basic news per day, as well as the context that will help you understand what is happening.