(CNN) — Germany’s fencing federation has canceled a women’s foil World Cup event after the sport’s global governing body (FIE) reversed a ban on athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus, it said on Thursday. “The German Fencing Federation accepts last Friday’s decision. Russian Fencing Federation President Ilgar Mammadov said he was not surprised by the DFB’s decision. “This is not the first country, others will refuse,” Mammadov, a double Olympic gold medallist in team foil, was quoted as saying by Russian news agency TASS. There will be others, they are in large numbers.”This story was first published on CNN.com, “Germany cancels World Cup event after Russia, Belarus readmitted"

Source: CNN March 17, 2023 20:20 UTC