The Israeli Fencing Association has started absorbing dozens of members of the Ukrainian fencing team, after not being able to return to their country due to the war, to help them prepare for the World Championships next month and are expected to return here at the end.
The union received an excited request last week from Ukrainian Sports Minister Vadim Goodsite (former world champion and Maccabiah champion in fencing), to absorb Ukraine's youth and cadet teams scattered across Europe after the teams were in the last two weeks at the European Championships in Serbia, and when it ended, , Germany and Switzerland, where they were hosted in private homes and refugee camps.
The Ukrainian fencers with the heads of the Israeli fencing association, Photo: The fencing association
The chairman of the Israeli fencing association, Yossi Harari, appealed to the director of sports and the Olympic Committee to act to approve their entry, when the first athletes began arriving yesterday and in the coming days dozens more athletes will continue to be admitted to Wingit.
Harari said: "Immediately after our appeal to the Sports Administration and the Olympic Committee, the latter began to work hard to sweeten the" bitter pill "imposed on them. The conditions for holding a joint training camp with the Israeli national team in preparation for the World Fencing Championships in early April. "
The Ukrainian flag at the Wingate Institute, Photo: The Fencing Association
"Last Friday," first swallows "of 3 athletes arrived, with another 25 athletes due by this weekend.
The union clarifies that if, after the championship in April, the war continues, then they will contact the team and recommend that they return to Israel to continue training, or help them be absorbed in another country.
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