The Ukrainian athlete refused to press the Russian hand after win

The incident happened at the European Championship between the Ukrainian fencing officer Elena Kryvytska and Maya Guchmazova, who represented Georgia. Ukrainian fencingman Elena Kryvytska refused to shake her hand with her Russian opponents, Maya Guchmazov, who performed for Georgia at the European Championship. Elena won with a score of 15: 9, but refused to congratulate the rival with traditional handshake, which is why she began to swear. About it reports Base of Ukraine Sports.

The incident occurred immediately after the duel. Kryvitskaya returned to the judges, thanked them and left, leaving her rival without the usual handshake. This severely annoyed a sound, which emotionally reacted by obscene swearing. "Why is it so? B ***, why they behave so? Maya Guchmazova was born in Vladikavkaz, Russia, but since 2017 he advocates for the national team of Georgia. She explained that Georgia was her "second homeland" and her grandmother lives there.

It was invited to Georgia by the President of the Federation of Federation of this country by Merrab Bazadze. She agreed because she wanted to perform at the Olympics. We will remind, on July 27, 2023 the Ukrainian fencing officer Olga Harlan was disqualified from the World Cup for refusing to shake the rival's hand from the Russian Federation Anna Smirnova, who performed in neutral status. According to the rules of the tournament, the handshake of rivals was mandatory.

This caused the scandal because Harlan was disqualified. However, later the President of the Federation of Ukraine Mikhail Ilyashev explained that in the letter of the International Fencing Federation it was stated that "the issue of disqualification of Harlan was closed. " Ilyashev noted that this wording in international jurisprudence does not mean the cancellation of the previous decision, but the organization did not leave it in force.