@Azrael1st Considering Ukraine is defending their homeland against a country that invaded them and has been killing men, women and children from the beginning. Kinda gives Ukraine the right to do whatever they have to so they can continue liberating their land stolen by the Russians.
Encouraging it (which she has) doesn’t make it any better. She is just as culpable as the one pulling the trigger. I too would refuse to shake hands in that instance . It’s pretty easy to smear her actions from the comfort of your own homes.
Meanwhile when Iran refuses to participate against Israel in sports due to it's views on it's apartheid policies and not recognizing it, they go mad. The double standards 😂
I don't understand your statement "the double standards"... What does Iran and Isreal have to do with this and who is showing double standards Iran, Isreal, or Ukraine ?
If the Olympics start banning athletes from Russia, Belarus, and others because they don't like the politics of their countries, then BRICS countries and their allies should create their own games and invite everyone. American athletes were not banned from any games while the US/NATO murdered 4.5 million people in the Middle East in the past 20 years. Hypocrisy and double standards are absurd.
@@sergeikhripunnot politics their invasion. Bombing maternity wards. That type of thing. It’s a dictatorship mate they don’t do politics. Or do you mean The other party spending life in jail until he falls out of a window ?
It’s easy to say that as you sit on your chair or lay on your bed typing this. You don’t know if she has friends or family in the war. You don’t know if she’s had people close to her die in the war.
You gotta think though what if her family or friends got blown up by them someone really close to her. Not saying that did happen but something like that would create a lot of angst.
What the hell does an athlete have to do with war....thats stupid to put the blame on any russian athlete. Just goes to show how political it is. If they really knew the truth it would be not shaking hands with an american athlete....if thats there goal
You don't know Ukranians that well. They would ban and attack comedians and other popular public figures who are not even from Russia but from other post-soviet countries, on a sole basis that they didn't voice their position on Ukraine
@@djdillinger9631 so basing where you were born and having nothing to do with the conflict you think it's fine they can disrespect an athlete. Excellent logic🤣
@@djdillinger9631 Bro, those athletes join the competition in the first place just so that they can dodge the draft. Why u think the Russian athlete was adamant about the hand shaking? She disagree with the war, she don't want to go to the frontlines fighting Putin's war. But the Ukrainian athlete was too dumb to understand that. Now she got disqualified, and Zelensky is rounding up them draft dodgers. Zelensky said anyone refusing to the draft without proper reason will be branded traitor. 😂
I understand how she feels I lost someone in Ukraine but don't blame Russian civilians,blame the government or it just sends a message of hate ,if you isolate the problem people will begin to understand
Don’t agree, Putin has huge support from Russian people. Russians enjoy their imperialism expansion, like they do not think it is wrong of illegally occupying Crimea. Russians like the glory they had in the past and they Ewan it again.
Most "Russian civilians" support Putin, the war in Ukraine and want to destroy the "collective West". Take a look at their TV, newspapers and especially social media where "Russian civilians" express their opinions. Athletes, artists and other professions are no exception.
The Russians are forced to “think” this way because that’s the only acceptable opinion by the government. Many Russians are either being fooled or hiding their true opinion.
That Russian fencer did not decide to invade Ukraine. People can't help where they are raised and live, this I feel is poor sportsmanship. People are not the fault, it's their governments that are at fault. The people of the world need to come together in peace, regardless of what government says.
The comments are chilling. It really shows the real cost of war, in which dehumanizing people who just happened to have been born in the country that the country you just happened to have been born in is at war is justified and even encouraged. This is how propaganda works, and why humans never learn from their mistakes.
@@jacobrich4453 i dont care if it's unsportsman like , the russian athlete is a supporter of an illegal war being waged on her country. It would be one thing if she refused to shake her hand just because she was russian, since there are a good number of russians who oppose the war, however, it is another thing to expect her to shake the hand of a fascist that supports the putin regime and illegal war against her country. Olga did nothing wrong
If someone was invading your country, killing your people, kidnapping your children, raping your women, killing elderly people in their homes and cars. If you were personally affected by the war, would you be so willing to shake the hand of a person from that country? Especially if they seem to have no issue with what is going on?
@@TimberlakeTigerGirlif that’s how you think about it then that means that Japanese, Afghanistan and etc, should shake hands with Americans and absolutely no one should shake hands with Germans,Japanese,Italians etc??
@@shadowgamer2587 One minor flaw with your argument: the Afghan one makes sense since it's also a recent event. But the others: that was decades ago and the countries involved have moved past it. Now the US, Japan, Germany and Italians are allies. Until Russia pulls out of Ukraine and gives reparations for what they have done, the Ukrainians shouldn't have to be nice to them.
Yeah and when people say anti-semitic they dont understand their are different Jews from the ones in Israel who actually disagree with the Israelis. For example Orthodox Jews are pro-Palestinian yet people are so brainwashed as to think there's only one kind of jew 🤦♂️ There was even a Jew in a Peirce Morgan show that was invited as a guest and she was being accused of being anti-semetic HHAHAHHAAH She was an actual Jew and being accused of being anti-semetic 😂 That's where we are people its not about actually being hateful its actually being compliant and gaslighting you towards the elite's agenda. They are gaslighting you people wake up
I think tapping blades is a good alternative to shaking hands. It still shows respect for the other fencer after the bout especially since it was used this way during the pandemic.
So let’s say a black guy “ends” 5 white lives in Africa. You would consider not shaking hands with black people now after an event they had literally no relation or control over?
Rules are there for a reason, you break them you got punished for it .Such international sport events are a chance to bring people together, not an extension of ongoing wars to different battlefield.
Ah so invading sovereign country and killing innocent people is okay because there are no rules? I'm with her, don't need your medal, something's are more important than that. Never respect your invaders abusers because you got none from them.
Where was the Russian's punishment when they illegally participated in the Olympics? I remind you. They where banned. Yet they where allowed to retain the illegally acquired medals. But she gets disqualified for not shaking a Russian hand? Somebody needs to get their priorities straight.
@@frankmckenneth9254 so you're gonna alienate 144 million random civilians that are just trying to live their best lives because of putin? typical small brain thinking lol
Easy for you to say, i.e. "poor sportsmanship" when it's been over a year and a half now the Russian population (majority of) is pretending their country is not trying to rip apart their neighbour.
YES. Now apply that logic to every people the US has either, invaded or sabotaged and bingo, you may understand why some people hate Americans Even if its not your country they made suffer, others did.
Guys I understand the frustration but i feel like people blame the Russian people too much when it’s actually the government I’ve visited Russia a couple of times before the war and honestly they’re really lovely people who are just in unfortunate circumstances I think we should do our best to try our best not to refer to the Russian citizens to the actions of the government
I agree The elected officials of America could stop this war tonight if they wanted to but they don’t and won’t! America is pretty evil and that’s my country!! When we crumble and I know we will it’s already happening we have nobody to blame but our selves For a long list of reasons Instead of focusing on everything we do agree on all we do is blast everything we hate each other for Is terrible
It's not just Russia goverment at fault it's western powers too lots more goes on than just what the western media says, its a fact that the western goverments and media lies every single year about many things, some things true and some things lie that's how it is everywhere
I'm polish I visited Russia before war, people are nice but still they have an imperialistic image of their country, and are keen on taking head on anybody that opposes"mother Russia". Asked Russians if they like Putin, they said "He's a good leader, the only one that fights for whole country and not himself". Sorry but you are wrong, those are the people that are responsible and will gladly kill Ukrainians because of UN politics dispute.
Loving the comments on here, it's good to see, 90% are nothing but logical and rational comments stating the obvious, why politics should be left out of sports, the double standards, and why it's not the fault of athletes for how their governments behave, good stuff, cheers everyone. 🍻
Politics?!? This is not a politics matter. easy to say that for you from your home that she should have shaken her hand when its not you loved ones getting killed. also i guess you dont understand the benifice of ostracizing every thing russian even the population. If enough russian get there lives affected by the sanctions and public condemption, maybe the russian population will wake up and start to act. Screw everything that is affiliated with russia until russians stop killing ukrainians. This is not just a political matter like you said!
@@saintgeorgefloyd9488it’s unsportsmanlike behavior. You never played an organized sport have you? Not only is it frowned upon, disciplinary action often taken when it happens. It’s a lesson in respect, something you obviously know little about.
If the Olympics start banning athletes from Russia, Belarus, and others because they don't like the politics of their countries, then BRICS countries and their allies should create their own games and invite everyone. American athletes were not banned from any games while the US/NATO murdered 4.5 million people in the Middle East in the past 20 years. Hypocrisy and double standards are absurd.
@@danielsnook7362 Just so the Russian people know, the great majority of us Canadians are totally against what is going on with support of Ukraine and conflict with Russia. However, between the press and an indifferent government, we are in the grip of an autocracy.
Nobody banned the USSR from competing when they killed over 2 million Afghans in 10 years between 1979-1989. 🤷♂️ Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, stole 20% of their country, and they were still given the right to host the 2014 Sochi Olympics. 🤷♂️
Okay, so hatred has blinded these people so much that they couldn't even make a wise choice for their own good! I can't blame Russia for pounding them so hard!
@@anna_m59, it's also easy for you, you're also sitting at the computer. It's easy for all of us, but for the Russians and Ukrainians that are not participating in the war.
It’s sad because neither of them is to blame for the war . It would have been better to shake hands to prove that this war is not of the Russia people but of one sick old man.
@@walterbrunswick Against armed Separatists with tanks and artillery you mean. What state wouldn't fight against separatism within its borders? Also given the context of already losing Crimea validates the concern of having regions carve away (particularly resource rich regions of the Donbas for that matter). Anyway, the conflict was essentially frozen in 22', so there was no imminent reason as to justify the launching of an SMO which has objectively led to far more death and suffering than any point before it.
And let me get it straight: she didn't mind to compete with her Russian opponent because it would advance her sporting career, but refused a much lesser thing - a mere handshake that just acknowledges another human being. Funny how things worked out in the end, eh. 🤔
She participated in a competition. She does not have respect for her opponent, as her opponents nation is currently destroying hers. Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the heroes.
@@AtillatheFun The "glory to this and glory to that" is a slogan of WWII Nazi collaborators who were killing Polish, Ukranian and Jewish civilians en masse. You either ignorant of that or happy to be their supporter. Either one doesn't look good on you.
She was happy to participate in what is effectively a combat based sport with a citizen of the country who was invading hers, but not shake their hand. That says everything and it isn't a 'mere' handshake.
That is why Smirnova is a vocal supporter of her army? At least spend 10 more minutes to research the material before posting after watching something on youtube, for Christ's sake.
Russian athlete shouldn’t take this to heart I mean THe Ukrainian army slaughtering 15 thousand people in Donbass and Donetsk is okay? And that Russia finally stepping in to defend them after 8 long years of trying everything at the negotiating tables so solve this crisis in a diplomatic way… Ukraine is getting what they deserve and asked for now …. Olga should go to bunker and not be in this sport if her behaviour is this hostile…
@@JuanMartinez-vf5hd Western powers of facilitating the “anti-constitutional coup” in Kiev in 2014. After seizing power, the new Ukrainian authorities “unleashed a war” against those who rejected them.
@@whatthepickeven if that athlete is a supporter of a war that is killing your people, she did nothing wrong. I wouldnt blame her for refusing to shake her hand
@@danielsnook7362the Russian government is the one doing bad things to Ukraine. It’s not some random Russian woman who probably never even held a gun in her life.
@@supererikman5331 I'm sure one day, if not today, Russia and Ukraine can be friends as nations cannot be enemy's forever. Iran and Saudi Arabia is a good example. As citizens of their respective nations ego and politics divide Russia and Ukraine, but the two sides should put down their difference and focus on commonalities, as well as the challenges faced by the whole world to create a win-win situation. That would be one small step at a time, even if it is your enemy to shake their hand.
Easy for you to say, i.e. "sports should be apolitical" when it's been over a year and a half now the Russian population (majority of) is pretending their country is not trying to rip apart their neighbour.
I agree but it's a tricky situation. Everything is political. Certain armbands, flags or clothes are prohibited at sporting events but others are allowed.
Disrespecting an athlete who’s country is at war with one another shows lack of sportsmanship. We should not be boycotting or suspended athletes just because of the war.
I hope the world of tennis is taking note of this. Well done to the fencing world for disqualifying this fencer. Absolutely the right thing. At Wimbledon recently two Ukrainians refused to shake hands with their Russian and Belarussian opponents but were not disciplined for it. Hopefully at next year's Wimbledon etc etc etc.
@@supererikman5331Ukraine is guilty of war crimes before 2022. That's part of the reason Russia invaded. Get off of mainstream news and open your eye to the full story
@@AlexLTDLXdo you think Ukrainian army slaughtering 15 thousand people in Donbass and Donetsk is okay? And that Russia finally stepping in to defend them after 8 long years of trying everything at the negotiating tables so solve this crisis in a diplomatic way… Ukraine is getting what they deserve and asked for now ….
she didn't break any rules they said so themselves like the video said you can offer your sword as a handshake you don't have to use your hands. found another Russian crybaby
@@danielsnook7362Its crazy how the war has gotten you to twist the fundamentals of sport. The very basis of sport, no matter how advertised and globalised it is right now, it still is a fair and healthy competition between two talented candidates. Note the word “fair and healthy”. There is no room for expression of ill-feeling. The mind cannot be controlled but the actions can. You cannot call yourself a sportsman no matter how big of a superstar you are, if you fail to acknowledge your opponents. Even the most sulky and arrogant of sportsmen have the basic decency of respecting the sport and acknowledging the opponent. This girl just wanted to virtue signal for social media.
Ukraine’s top fencer granted place at Olympics after disqualification for Russia handshake snub By Svitlana Vlasova, Victoria Butenko and Tim Lister, CNN. Rules aren't meant for everyone
Especially not America who’s backing the Ukrainian war and are infamous for their WMD lies that lead to a Million dead Iraqi’s who’s families no doubt still grieve the loss of their loved ones to this day and the ongoing theft of their resources and occupation of their country by the murderers.
@@ShadowCider which ones. The despots sacking countries with a flag full of stars or the people upholding sportsmanship which is the only thing really holding us back from turning back into animals?
Athletics and sports has alot to do with a countries public image on the international stage Sports washing is a thing. Remove em from world stage. I do not give a damn if they're innocent or not. They represent their country.
Her brother is in military and she posted pictures in her instagram supporting the war lol . Imagine shaking hands with a person who supports the destruction of your own country
@@MA-hn9voscrew the rules!! Her opponent is a major putin supporter and supports his illegal war. Olga did nothing wrong by refusing to shake the hand of a murderous fascist
@@markmarcas6523 No. Americans captured Saddam, and his countrymen hanged him. ruSSia invaded a democracy. If only you were smart enough to see the difference.
I wonder, how many people today actually studied the conflict rather than just go with what the media or politicians say? The problem with emotion is that it often supersedes logic. Anger, hatred, grief can be overpowering sometimes to the point that people act without thinking. But if you do take a step back and study the whole thing and ask questions and review everything yourself. You'll see a whole different picture than what you initially believed. Like Amber Heard and Johnny Depp for example. Emotion superseded studying the situation first and hence Johnyy Depp's contracts were all burned including the Pirates of the Carribean. But once emotion is taken out and people took a step back and studied the situation, it wasn't actually as black and white as they thought. See how powerful emotions are and how gifted politicians and the media are at manipulating it?
Where in God’s name can we actually get confirmed factual information? No where ive found. One side says Russia is getting slaughtered the other side says the opposite all while our media tells us Russia is evil
Are you trying to suggest that Russias invasion is justified? What is it that you find when you "study the whole picture"? All i can find is more Russian agression, Russification, Ethnic cleansing, man made famines, and unjustified threats against a democratic and sovereign Ukraine. Please study the centuries of never ending Russian agression and opression against all of it's neighbours before commenting something like this. I know this, because my nation & people has been a victim of it, not that long ago. I don't know if you're a supporter of Russian agression, or if you just think you'll look intelligent by going against what everyone else says, but you're not making any sense.
@@nr1785 Not necessarily saying he is a victim but the issue actually went both ways. Amber was no saint either but people acted like she was. Its kind of like when a bully beats up smaller kids and steal their money but the one time one of the bullied kids eventually fight back people only see that one instance and immediately say that the kid who fought back was the bad guy. Sometimes you have to sit back and listen to both sides of the story before you go and react. Because most people who react by emotion would've scolded or slapped the bullied kid who fought back without understanding first that the kid he hurt was abusing him for years.
Disgusting to think this Russian athlete thought they were owed a handshake. Russian and Belarusian athletes shouldn't even be allowed at international competitions. Yes, the athletes are not to blame for the war, however the countries they represent are guilty of international war crimes. Sorry to the athletes, but it's your own countries fault you may be blocked from competing. They should be mad at Putin, not the competition blocking them.
The funny thing a video where rocket hit the building in Kiev leaving an inversion trail meaning it’s air defense and not Russian missile . It happened on feb 28th 2022
She deserved disqualification, because she demonstrated intolerance towards an athlete who is a member of another nation. Sports should not be dragged into politics. Hate is a pathological condition that is the opposite of sportsmanship.
The only peace will be ruzzia leaving ALL of Ukraine. As they promised, IN WRITING in the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. The ruzzians stop fighting, they go home. The Ukrainians stop fighting, they die. It's a simple concept and any understanding of basic history has shown that to be the case with ruzzians.
@@AlexLTDLX But not all Ukraine wishes this Luhansk and Donetsk Peoples Republics have made that pretty clear where they believe they should be and has been that cade since 1991, clearly escalated in 2013 and outright fighting since 2014. So not simple.
@@AlexLTDLXthe Russians were ready to talk peace right at the start of the war and the Ukraine agreed. but then the west (mainly the UK and US) decided to interfere and the peace deal was torn up. Also if you want to talk about agreements being broken then you will have to point the finger at the west who with their NATO broke many agreements they had with Russia not to place weapons on the boarder. The west just want war, they need it for their economy. That's why when Russia requested to join NATO (which would of been a very good thing) they got rejected. This isn't just a war between Russia and the Ukraine, this is a war between Russia and a proxy. You should stop trusting the media you are watching because they are lying to you about ALL of this.
There is no hope for the entire country since 25% of their countries population, 11 million people used the VERY FIRST CHANCE to leave the ukraine for the EU. And nobody I met from the younger girls and guys(who somehow also sit here in germany) want to ever leave back. I mean even before 2022 ukraine was a impoverished craphole
Sport has nothing to do with war if you don't want to participate stay out ! Everyone place us sport because they have a passion for it and do it out of sportsmanship! I would never enter a pitch knowing I'm challenging someone I regard an enemy !!! There are no enemies in sport and there's no wars attached to it so don't hate the player hate the player love the game!!! I do sympathies with people in those countries who have lost loved ones and have no homes!!!
No no. Sports, of the international variety especially, have always played proxy to politics and relevant events. Not everyone can be Jesse Owens and befriend one who would otherwise despise him while raising a fist to power and proclaiming victory in the face of the kings of the evil empires. Some of us are just mortals. Such piety isn’t for everyone.
I think people are forgetting just how tied in with Kremlin Russian athletes are. They have many times been used in pro-regime & pro-war propaganda. They are tied together. Take the banner behind the Olympians when they returned to Russia saying "For A World Without Nazism" and you KNOW who they were talking about. Athletes with opposing ideas with the state cannot compete in it's name. Why would you want to shake hands with someone that would have no problem being celebrated at home with a banner behind them implying you were a Nazi and therefore your people deserved invasion if they were asked to?
The people who say that Olga Kharlan should have shaked hands with Anna don't seem to understand that war affects people. Athletes, sporters, are people. Olga's country gets destroyed for stupid reasons. People are being killed for stupid reasons. Children lost their parents due to Russian aggression, just because of stupid reasons. If you then still demand that Olga should shake hands you're in my opinion monstrous.
Maybe disqualification might be too much, but honestly it really gets extreme at some point to just ostracize the Russian athletes for their government's problems. This type of sentiment , when taken to its logical conclusion, would just lead to a ban on Russian athletes from playing. I hope you can understand why this would be ludicrous. The fact is, many of the people applauding her for refusal to shake hands are also suggesting Russians be barred from playing.
If you can't shake hands, don't compete. Be a good sport or don't play. Don't mix Sport's with politics, if your angry about the war go and fight. If not shut up and compete, this is Sport's, not war.
This is so sad. It’s good sportsmanship and it’s part of the rules. Why spend most your life training just to do this? These two woman are not directly responsible for the war
When ur country being invade by a country where your opponent live? It's understandable that she refused to shake hands as well, it's too painful. In war time, even civilian get drag in
@@tssrfire143 easy when u love sport, u love sport, and in honesty, u wouldn't think you'll be disqualified for that. Or the other reason will be is to make a point that "you maybe my rival in sport but u are my enemy in war"
@@ishikawagoemon4397its literally sportsmanship attitude to acknowledge your opponent no matter who it is. neither of these two are fighting the war, they are representing their country on the international forum. sports has no place for politics. she couldve just shaken the person’s hand, because in real life you never reject anyone’s handshake unless maybe they had a hand in some wrongdoing which occured to you or a loved one. dont try to defend everything just because her country is being invaded. by that logic all ukrainians throughout the world can start intentionally ignoring their russian friends in their respective vicinity and use this as an excuse
The camel people people in the comment section keep saying *“why should Russia be banned when the USA wasn’t”* but they fail to realise that the USA was justified 😊
All athlete's should be respectfull of their counterpart. It could be worse, they could be on the battlefront. Sportmanship could rub off on their leaders as peace does need to start somewhere. Stranger things have happened.
If its in the rules then she showed up for that match knowing that she would be breaking the rules today. Should have forfeited the match with some dignity.
Don’t want to play by the rules, don’t play the sport.
The Russians are killing civilians. You would feel the same way if it was your people.
Not really against the rules, just they rule of that event organised by the organisations.
It's fencing. With swords. Not with hands.
The Ukrainians ain’t even playing by the rules in the war.
@Azrael1st Considering Ukraine is defending their homeland against a country that invaded them and has been killing men, women and children from the beginning. Kinda gives Ukraine the right to do whatever they have to so they can continue liberating their land stolen by the Russians.
Her Russian opponent isn’t fighting in Ukraine.
Encouraging it (which she has) doesn’t make it any better. She is just as culpable as the one pulling the trigger. I too would refuse to shake hands in that instance . It’s pretty easy to smear her actions from the comfort of your own homes.
Not all russians support the war , they just have to pretend or fall out from a window
@@BourneKnightnever shaking any proud Russians hand 🇭🇺
@@BourneKnight Who is encouraging this conflict the most? Clearly it is Biden and his NATO puppets.
She is representing the state of Russia in the competition.
Meanwhile when Iran refuses to participate against Israel in sports due to it's views on it's apartheid policies and not recognizing it, they go mad. The double standards 😂
I don't understand your statement "the double standards"... What does Iran and Isreal have to do with this and who is showing double standards Iran, Isreal, or Ukraine ?
@@christianmarriott3696 Of course you don't, because you don't have critical thinking at your disposal
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He is probably just a RuZZian troll trying to DIVERT---standard instructions!
If the Olympics start banning athletes from Russia, Belarus, and others because they don't like the politics of their countries, then BRICS countries and their allies should create their own games and invite everyone. American athletes were not banned from any games while the US/NATO murdered 4.5 million people in the Middle East in the past 20 years. Hypocrisy and double standards are absurd.
@@sergeikhripunnot politics their invasion. Bombing maternity wards. That type of thing. It’s a dictatorship mate they don’t do politics. Or do you mean The other party spending life in jail until he falls out of a window ?
What a mean spirited woman as if she started the war
No but trust me there behind the war an fully back it so she all rights not to!!
It’s easy to say that as you sit on your chair or lay on your bed typing this. You don’t know if she has friends or family in the war. You don’t know if she’s had people close to her die in the war.
You gotta think though what if her family or friends got blown up by them someone really close to her. Not saying that did happen but something like that would create a lot of angst.
@@PleasePay1 Both of them have no control over what events unfold, at this point it’s blatant xenophobia and racism from the Ukrainian.
@RushaMan just look how they treated Africans and indian students.
The real question is why this proud Ukranian female is fencing while the men die in war.
What the hell does an athlete have to do with war....thats stupid to put the blame on any russian athlete. Just goes to show how political it is. If they really knew the truth it would be not shaking hands with an american athlete....if thats there goal
She represented Russia that’s the correlation
You don't know Ukranians that well. They would ban and attack comedians and other popular public figures who are not even from Russia but from other post-soviet countries, on a sole basis that they didn't voice their position on Ukraine
@@djdillinger9631 so basing where you were born and having nothing to do with the conflict you think it's fine they can disrespect an athlete. Excellent logic🤣
@@genadiyroollol ukraun can't talk their was the ussr tf
@@djdillinger9631 Bro, those athletes join the competition in the first place just so that they can dodge the draft. Why u think the Russian athlete was adamant about the hand shaking? She disagree with the war, she don't want to go to the frontlines fighting Putin's war. But the Ukrainian athlete was too dumb to understand that. Now she got disqualified, and Zelensky is rounding up them draft dodgers. Zelensky said anyone refusing to the draft without proper reason will be branded traitor.
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I understand how she feels I lost someone in Ukraine but don't blame Russian civilians,blame the government or it just sends a message of hate ,if you isolate the problem people will begin to understand
Don’t agree, Putin has huge support from Russian people. Russians enjoy their imperialism expansion, like they do not think it is wrong of illegally occupying Crimea. Russians like the glory they had in the past and they Ewan it again.
Most "Russian civilians" support Putin, the war in Ukraine and want to destroy the "collective West". Take a look at their TV, newspapers and especially social media where "Russian civilians" express their opinions. Athletes, artists and other professions are no exception.
Are those troops invading ukraine made up of civilians from China?
The Russians are forced to “think” this way because that’s the only acceptable opinion by the government. Many Russians are either being fooled or hiding their true opinion.
@@LauraLang-hx5yoUSA is literally trying to manipulate the world
That Russian fencer did not decide to invade Ukraine. People can't help where they are raised and live, this I feel is poor sportsmanship. People are not the fault, it's their governments that are at fault. The people of the world need to come together in peace, regardless of what government says.
Poor sportsmanship. Ban the lady.
She doesn’t want to shake hands with her invader the same people blowing up her home. Honestly do you blame her?
The comments are chilling.
It really shows the real cost of war, in which dehumanizing people who just happened to have been born in the country that the country you just happened to have been born in is at war is justified and even encouraged.
This is how propaganda works, and why humans never learn from their mistakes.
It isnt because she is Russian, it is because she supports her murderous regime's illegal war. I stand with Olga!!
@supererikman5331 I mean, even so, unsportsmanlike of her to not skake hands
@@jacobrich4453 i dont care if it's unsportsman like , the russian athlete is a supporter of an illegal war being waged on her country. It would be one thing if she refused to shake her hand just because she was russian, since there are a good number of russians who oppose the war, however, it is another thing to expect her to shake the hand of a fascist that supports the putin regime and illegal war against her country. Olga did nothing wrong
@@supererikman5331then no one should shake hands with any American out there
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Image being so petty to the point that you wouldn’t shake hands with a fellow opponent because of their nationality.
If someone was invading your country, killing your people, kidnapping your children, raping your women, killing elderly people in their homes and cars. If you were personally affected by the war, would you be so willing to shake the hand of a person from that country? Especially if they seem to have no issue with what is going on?
@@TimberlakeTigerGirlif that’s how you think about it then that means that Japanese, Afghanistan and etc, should shake hands with Americans and absolutely no one should shake hands with Germans,Japanese,Italians etc??
@@shadowgamer2587 troll or stupid? these are not ongoing conflicts
@@shadowgamer2587 One minor flaw with your argument: the Afghan one makes sense since it's also a recent event. But the others: that was decades ago and the countries involved have moved past it. Now the US, Japan, Germany and Italians are allies.
Until Russia pulls out of Ukraine and gives reparations for what they have done, the Ukrainians shouldn't have to be nice to them.
@@Por0 the USA and Soviets surrendered to the Taliban so I guess they’re a leader in wars too
this is so stupid, simply shake hands and move on
She's actually supporting the war by not shaking hands- a universal sign for peace and cooperation.
Exactly
Good decision taken by official
wrong decision, the official is petty and probably a russian
@@saintgeorgefloyd9488troll 😂
I don’t see them talking about banning Israeli athletes for that country’s apartheid,
Let's see if this precedent can be followed or only limited to Ukraine.
Yeah and when people say anti-semitic they dont understand their are different Jews from the ones in Israel who actually disagree with the Israelis. For example Orthodox Jews are pro-Palestinian yet people are so brainwashed as to think there's only one kind of jew 🤦♂️ There was even a Jew in a Peirce Morgan show that was invited as a guest and she was being accused of being anti-semetic HHAHAHHAAH She was an actual Jew and being accused of being anti-semetic 😂 That's where we are people its not about actually being hateful its actually being compliant and gaslighting you towards the elite's agenda. They are gaslighting you people wake up
I mean sure lets to that too. Letting any countries seem accepted by the global community while they commit atrocities is stupid.
I think tapping blades is a good alternative to shaking hands. It still shows respect for the other fencer after the bout especially since it was used this way during the pandemic.
even after the pandemic, plenty of fencers still end the bout by tapping blades rather than shaking hands
Rules are rules. Or does it only reply to nations that do not get on with the western nations?
So let’s say a black guy “ends” 5 white lives in Africa. You would consider not shaking hands with black people now after an event they had literally no relation or control over?
I bet you almost anything that Russian doesn't support the war, But can't outright say it due to the risk involved with doing it.
The handshake is a universal sign of peace and cooperation she supports the war by not shaking hands
Hate is poison, especially for people who don't deserve it
Rules are there for a reason, you break them you got punished for it .Such international sport events are a chance to bring people together, not an extension of ongoing wars to different battlefield.
What bringing together. She did the right thing hermedal should be restored
So is the Budapest Memorandum. We cannot let the important rules be broken, and talk about someone not wanting to shake someone's hand.
Ah so invading sovereign country and killing innocent people is okay because there are no rules? I'm with her, don't need your medal, something's are more important than that. Never respect your invaders abusers because you got none from them.
wise words
Where was the Russian's punishment when they illegally participated in the Olympics? I remind you. They where banned. Yet they where allowed to retain the illegally acquired medals. But she gets disqualified for not shaking a Russian hand? Somebody needs to get their priorities straight.
imagine alienating a group of people because of the choice of one person
Who has ordered the deaths of tens of thousands. You didn't mention that part.
@@frankmckenneth9254 so you're gonna alienate 144 million random civilians that are just trying to live their best lives because of putin? typical small brain thinking lol
What she still offered her blade as a handshake and it's in the rules imagine having a demeanor no more than that of a pouting child
Russia citizens are complicit
If you think Russia's invasion was the decision of one person, you've got a lot of reading to do. You, my friend, are way behind
Poor sportsmanship
Easy for you to say, i.e. "poor sportsmanship" when it's been over a year and a half now the Russian population (majority of) is pretending their country is not trying to rip apart their neighbour.
Spoiled. If she felt so strongly, she should be fighting, not competing for a medal.
Shame on that Ukrainian
@@DisinfoTube I agree. that Ukrainian is a Fascist!
She deserved it.. rules are rules. Politics should not involves in sports
YES. Now apply that logic to every people the US has either, invaded or sabotaged and bingo, you may understand why some people hate Americans
Even if its not your country they made suffer, others did.
All nations are guilty of something at this point and Russia is just as guilty as America
Exactly. Double Standards are real
all dat money Zelensky begged for he coulda had peace but didnt wanna negotiate bruh
@@3941602 he didn't agree to the peace negotiations cuz they were one-sided
@@danielsnook7362That’s why Ukrainian politicians are driving Rolls Royce Ferraris Lamborghinis with American taxpayers dollars money 😂
Guys I understand the frustration but i feel like people blame the Russian people too much when it’s actually the government I’ve visited Russia a couple of times before the war and honestly they’re really lovely people who are just in unfortunate circumstances I think we should do our best to try our best not to refer to the Russian citizens to the actions of the government
I agree
The elected officials of America could stop this war tonight if they wanted to but they don’t and won’t! America is pretty evil and that’s my country!! When we crumble and I know we will it’s already happening we have nobody to blame but our selves For a long list of reasons
Instead of focusing on everything we do agree on all we do is blast everything we hate each other for
Is terrible
Thank you for your kind words
They voted for putin
It's not just Russia goverment at fault it's western powers too lots more goes on than just what the western media says, its a fact that the western goverments and media lies every single year about many things, some things true and some things lie that's how it is everywhere
I'm polish I visited Russia before war, people are nice but still they have an imperialistic image of their country, and are keen on taking head on anybody that opposes"mother Russia". Asked Russians if they like Putin, they said "He's a good leader, the only one that fights for whole country and not himself". Sorry but you are wrong, those are the people that are responsible and will gladly kill Ukrainians because of UN politics dispute.
Loving the comments on here, it's good to see, 90% are nothing but logical and rational comments stating the obvious, why politics should be left out of sports, the double standards, and why it's not the fault of athletes for how their governments behave, good stuff, cheers everyone. 🍻
Politics?!? This is not a politics matter. easy to say that for you from your home that she should have shaken her hand when its not you loved ones getting killed. also i guess you dont understand the benifice of ostracizing every thing russian even the population. If enough russian get there lives affected by the sanctions and public condemption, maybe the russian population will wake up and start to act. Screw everything that is affiliated with russia until russians stop killing ukrainians. This is not just a political matter like you said!
Politics have always been in sports.
this is politics, how can you be disqualified for not shaking hands. It's a punitive reaction by the pro russian judges
@@saintgeorgefloyd9488it’s unsportsmanlike behavior. You never played an organized sport have you? Not only is it frowned upon, disciplinary action often taken when it happens. It’s a lesson in respect, something you obviously know little about.
Bro games are not important the WAR is important. I can tell you live somewhere super comfortable where games are more important than people dying.
If she shook her hand then won, that would have been epic.
True....
The Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Azov battalion would of wanted her to win also.
No. It's not
bruh she took wrong decision when it is just a perfect thing for her she end up wasting it
@@hgyuuuuhj098 I take it you've never heard of the high ground.
If the Olympics start banning athletes from Russia, Belarus, and others because they don't like the politics of their countries, then BRICS countries and their allies should create their own games and invite everyone. American athletes were not banned from any games while the US/NATO murdered 4.5 million people in the Middle East in the past 20 years. Hypocrisy and double standards are absurd.
Politics? They attacked a country murdered thousands of people.
So it's perfectly okay when Russia does it and here you are talking about hypocrisy and double-standards 😂
@@danielsnook7362 Just so the Russian people know, the great majority of us Canadians are totally against what is going on with support of Ukraine and conflict with Russia. However, between the press and an indifferent government, we are in the grip of an autocracy.
Nobody banned the USSR from competing when they killed over 2 million Afghans in 10 years between 1979-1989. 🤷♂️
Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, stole 20% of their country, and they were still given the right to host the 2014 Sochi Olympics. 🤷♂️
@@spartak9101 never mentioned anything like that now did I
Extending Hatred into sport. A true Western Value.
Invade peaceful countries is hate.
Russia: genocide.
@@faustosar6151bombing Donbass killing 15 thousand people for 8 years and expecting nobody to come to their defence is delusional 😂😂
Okay, so hatred has blinded these people so much that they couldn't even make a wise choice for their own good! I can't blame Russia for pounding them so hard!
Russia is losing they only hold less than 15% of Ukrainian land and are hundreds of miles away from kyiv
It’s a sport , if you can’t shake hands then don’t compete
Exactly this.
Easy to say for you sitting front of your computer in a peaceful country..
Hypocrisy.
Sports is about entertainment and competition and not about hand shaking.
@@anna_m59, it's also easy for you, you're also sitting at the computer. It's easy for all of us, but for the Russians and Ukrainians that are not participating in the war.
It’s sad because neither of them is to blame for the war . It would have been better to shake hands to prove that this war is not of the Russia people but of one sick old man.
Biden and Зеленський
@@walterbrunswickПутин
Zelensky itself was the reason too. Acting tough and act like he was at front
@@czevzi who declared ATO against civilians in Donbass in April 2014, was it Путін, or Турчинов?
@@walterbrunswick Against armed Separatists with tanks and artillery you mean.
What state wouldn't fight against separatism within its borders? Also given the context of already losing Crimea validates the concern of having regions carve away (particularly resource rich regions of the Donbas for that matter).
Anyway, the conflict was essentially frozen in 22', so there was no imminent reason as to justify the launching of an SMO which has objectively led to far more death and suffering than any point before it.
Why isn't she in Ukraine fighting for her country?
She fights for her country, just on a different frontline.
Why isn't Putin on the front line?
@@yahooyaboo439why arnt you on the frontline?
@@chirho8657 Why aren't you on the frontlines
Why aren't I on the front line?
And let me get it straight: she didn't mind to compete with her Russian opponent because it would advance her sporting career, but refused a much lesser thing - a mere handshake that just acknowledges another human being.
Funny how things worked out in the end, eh. 🤔
She participated in a competition. She does not have respect for her opponent, as her opponents nation is currently destroying hers. Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the heroes.
@@AtillatheFun The "glory to this and glory to that" is a slogan of WWII Nazi collaborators who were killing Polish, Ukranian and Jewish civilians en masse. You either ignorant of that or happy to be their supporter. Either one doesn't look good on you.
@@AtillatheFunidiot lol
She was happy to participate in what is effectively a combat based sport with a citizen of the country who was invading hers, but not shake their hand. That says everything and it isn't a 'mere' handshake.
@@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 Yes, because saying "glory" makes you a Nazi. You better not listen to the Battle Hymn of the Republic then.
It doesn't matter if you are a champion.....sports should be play like professional....not like politics...
That is why Smirnova is a vocal supporter of her army?
At least spend 10 more minutes to research the material before posting after watching something on youtube, for Christ's sake.
Russian athlete shouldn’t take this to heart I mean THe Ukrainian army slaughtering 15 thousand people in Donbass and Donetsk is okay? And that Russia finally stepping in to defend them after 8 long years of trying everything at the negotiating tables so solve this crisis in a diplomatic way… Ukraine is getting what they deserve and asked for now …. Olga should go to bunker and not be in this sport if her behaviour is this hostile…
St Petersburg troll factory on overtime again.
@@bernardrobinson5942 Failure is a tough cookie to eat ? ….😆
Kremlin washing machines are working :D
@@JuanMartinez-vf5hd Western powers of facilitating the “anti-constitutional coup” in Kiev in 2014. After seizing power, the new Ukrainian authorities “unleashed a war” against those who rejected them.
Follow the rules, if Fencing makes it a rule its a rule that has to be enforced regardless of external circumstances it's sportsmanship
then it's a stupid rule to follow you should be able to choose whether or not to shake especially after what Russia has been doing to Ukraine 🙄
@@danielsnook7362 Wars have existed since the beginning of time, sportsmanship still existed and they still competed even with their bitter rivals.
@@whatthepickeven if that athlete is a supporter of a war that is killing your people, she did nothing wrong. I wouldnt blame her for refusing to shake her hand
@@danielsnook7362the Russian government is the one doing bad things to Ukraine.
It’s not some random Russian woman who probably never even held a gun in her life.
@@supererikman5331 I'm sure one day, if not today, Russia and Ukraine can be friends as nations cannot be enemy's forever. Iran and Saudi Arabia is a good example. As citizens of their respective nations ego and politics divide Russia and Ukraine, but the two sides should put down their difference and focus on commonalities, as well as the challenges faced by the whole world to create a win-win situation. That would be one small step at a time, even if it is your enemy to shake their hand.
ZERO sportsmanship and well done by sport federation....
Olga Kharlan should be disqualified.
Guided by your heart then go to the front lines and fight the russian
I personally think sport and politics should not mix. If you choose to compete then be professional
Or what? You can't do anything about it.
Easy for you to say, i.e. "sports should be apolitical" when it's been over a year and a half now the Russian population (majority of) is pretending their country is not trying to rip apart their neighbour.
WHAT????
I agree but it's a tricky situation. Everything is political. Certain armbands, flags or clothes are prohibited at sporting events but others are allowed.
You know her home is being ripped to shredz right?
Good disqualification.
Disrespecting an athlete who’s country is at war with one another shows lack of sportsmanship. We should not be boycotting or suspended athletes just because of the war.
She is a major supporter of putin and his war, she was right to refuse to shake her hand
I hope the world of tennis is taking note of this. Well done to the fencing world for disqualifying this fencer. Absolutely the right thing. At Wimbledon recently two Ukrainians refused to shake hands with their Russian and Belarussian opponents but were not disciplined for it. Hopefully at next year's Wimbledon etc etc etc.
@@supererikman5331Ukraine is guilty of war crimes before 2022. That's part of the reason Russia invaded. Get off of mainstream news and open your eye to the full story
@@missrockafella9432 So do you support ruzzia? Do you think what ruzzia is doing to Ukraine and Ukrainians is forgivable?
@@AlexLTDLXdo you think Ukrainian army slaughtering 15 thousand people in Donbass and Donetsk is okay? And that Russia finally stepping in to defend them after 8 long years of trying everything at the negotiating tables so solve this crisis in a diplomatic way… Ukraine is getting what they deserve and asked for now ….
Ban athletes who would not comply with established rules, period! The sport supercedes the athlete.
the athlete didn't do anything to anyone!
What it's not like she hurt her did she 🤡
she didn't break any rules they said so themselves like the video said you can offer your sword as a handshake you don't have to use your hands. found another Russian crybaby
@@danielsnook7362Its crazy how the war has gotten you to twist the fundamentals of sport. The very basis of sport, no matter how advertised and globalised it is right now, it still is a fair and healthy competition between two talented candidates. Note the word “fair and healthy”. There is no room for expression of ill-feeling. The mind cannot be controlled but the actions can. You cannot call yourself a sportsman no matter how big of a superstar you are, if you fail to acknowledge your opponents. Even the most sulky and arrogant of sportsmen have the basic decency of respecting the sport and acknowledging the opponent. This girl just wanted to virtue signal for social media.
Ukraine’s top fencer granted place at Olympics after disqualification for Russia handshake snub
By Svitlana Vlasova, Victoria Butenko and Tim Lister, CNN. Rules aren't meant for everyone
Especially not America who’s backing the Ukrainian war and are infamous for their WMD lies that lead to a Million dead Iraqi’s who’s families no doubt still grieve the loss of their loved ones to this day and the ongoing theft of their resources and occupation of their country by the murderers.
That's terrible.
Those people should be fired
@@ShadowCider which ones. The despots sacking countries with a flag full of stars or the people upholding sportsmanship which is the only thing really holding us back from turning back into animals?
Journalist PATRICK LANCASTER.
Absolutely despicable. The athletes have nothing to do with their leaders decisions to engage in war… the Ukrainian athlete should be ashamed
Exactly, it’s not like she even voted Putin in lol. Just born in the wrong place, and participating in sport at the wrong time.
Athletics and sports has alot to do with a countries public image on the international stage
Sports washing is a thing.
Remove em from world stage. I do not give a damn if they're innocent or not. They represent their country.
Her brother is in military and she posted pictures in her instagram supporting the war lol . Imagine shaking hands with a person who supports the destruction of your own country
By the way she didn't break any rules 😂🤡
Not true... there are lots of people who support Russia.
Good, she should be disqualified. Not everyone in Russia wants the war, these are athletes, not tyrants.
Screw the Judges...She did the right thing...even better the games should have been boycotted !!!
LOL, she broke the rules!
@@MA-hn9vo how she offered her saber as a handshake the video said that's in the rules 🤡
@@MA-hn9voscrew the rules!! Her opponent is a major putin supporter and supports his illegal war. Olga did nothing wrong by refusing to shake the hand of a murderous fascist
@@MA-hn9vo "It's OK when we did it" (c)
I personally think Russians should be banned from all international sports after what their leader did. He ruined it for their entire country
Should Americans be banned for iraq?
@@markmarcas6523No because that was over 30,000 truth news CNN reports ago.
@@markmarcas6523 No. Americans captured Saddam, and his countrymen hanged him. ruSSia invaded a democracy. If only you were smart enough to see the difference.
@@stuartx7865 Ukraine is not a democracy. Elections have been suspended indefinitely until the end of the hostilities.
@@markmarcas6523 I dont remember America specifically targeting torturing civilians, and abducting children.
They should never have allowed a Russian to enter the competition.
Good she deserves it
It isn't appropriate to have Ukrainians and Russians playing sports with each other to begin with.
They are free to not participate.
Russian should not be in any international competitions. Let them organise their own games with North Korea and Iran.
I wonder, how many people today actually studied the conflict rather than just go with what the media or politicians say? The problem with emotion is that it often supersedes logic. Anger, hatred, grief can be overpowering sometimes to the point that people act without thinking. But if you do take a step back and study the whole thing and ask questions and review everything yourself. You'll see a whole different picture than what you initially believed.
Like Amber Heard and Johnny Depp for example. Emotion superseded studying the situation first and hence Johnyy Depp's contracts were all burned including the Pirates of the Carribean. But once emotion is taken out and people took a step back and studied the situation, it wasn't actually as black and white as they thought.
See how powerful emotions are and how gifted politicians and the media are at manipulating it?
Well said.
Where in God’s name can we actually get confirmed factual information? No where ive found. One side says Russia is getting slaughtered the other side says the opposite all while our media tells us Russia is evil
You lost me when you tried to portray Johnny Depp as a victim.
Are you trying to suggest that Russias invasion is justified? What is it that you find when you "study the whole picture"? All i can find is more Russian agression, Russification, Ethnic cleansing, man made famines, and unjustified threats against a democratic and sovereign Ukraine.
Please study the centuries of never ending Russian agression and opression against all of it's neighbours before commenting something like this.
I know this, because my nation & people has been a victim of it, not that long ago.
I don't know if you're a supporter of Russian agression, or if you just think you'll look intelligent by going against what everyone else says, but you're not making any sense.
@@nr1785 Not necessarily saying he is a victim but the issue actually went both ways. Amber was no saint either but people acted like she was.
Its kind of like when a bully beats up smaller kids and steal their money but the one time one of the bullied kids eventually fight back people only see that one instance and immediately say that the kid who fought back was the bad guy. Sometimes you have to sit back and listen to both sides of the story before you go and react. Because most people who react by emotion would've scolded or slapped the bullied kid who fought back without understanding first that the kid he hurt was abusing him for years.
Disqualified for good deeds? This sport is rigged.
At war or not, respect each other, you guys are not enemies.
I want Canada to stop funding the war in Ukraine. Canadians are suffering right now from inflation. We can't afford to give our money away anymore.
Your not Canadian ivan
Sure Sergey, sure
Disgusting to think this Russian athlete thought they were owed a handshake. Russian and Belarusian athletes shouldn't even be allowed at international competitions. Yes, the athletes are not to blame for the war, however the countries they represent are guilty of international war crimes. Sorry to the athletes, but it's your own countries fault you may be blocked from competing. They should be mad at Putin, not the competition blocking them.
By politicizing sports they lose their value. Fyi, the majority of the world agrees with Russia and not Ukraine, please read
@@markmarcas6523 No, most of the world does not agree with ruSSia, so perhaps you should do some reading.
He is right . The only ppl are against Russia is the usa and its puppets . Russia is winning it and humiliating the west 😂
@@stuartx7865Says the McDonald’s eater.
The funny thing a video where rocket hit the building in Kiev leaving an inversion trail meaning it’s air defense and not Russian missile . It happened on feb 28th 2022
She showed no dignity, no grace, no honour. It was a shameless and childish display. She would have lost and she knew it.
Completely understandable. However a truce has to start somewhere. Every small gesture of humanity makes a difference.
Nice person you are...ha ha
Well if you look into Russian doping scandals… they shouldn’t be allowed in any international sports until that’s cleared up.
L',inno russo escluso dalle Olimpiadi????
@@ritarossi1805 English?
@@johnhopkins8504 the Russian anthem excluded from the Olimpics??? Pierre de Coubertin...... cries.
Politics really shouldn't be included into games
imagine forcing a Jewish fencer to shake hands with a German in the 1940s.
Now it's not 1940s
Two Nato menbers..😂😂
@@user1qaz2wsx3edc is "Jewish" a Nato member ?
@@youtubekeepscensoringme dang, you're good. Also, Now that woman wasn't Jewish or German.
@@CyclopsWasRight616
European jews tranplanted in israel. 😂😂😂
She deserved disqualification, because she demonstrated intolerance towards an athlete who is a member of another nation. Sports should not be dragged into politics. Hate is a pathological condition that is the opposite of sportsmanship.
Sportsmanship is a gift of the soul...poor girl doesn't have it.
Exactly what has this Russian got to do with the war
Eh, people compete for the love of the sport, not to make friends. Forcing people to shake hands like they are children is stupid 🤦🏼
@@v1760sidebecause it's healthy competition and not war? Logic, my friend.
@@rodolfoclaren6528 he has no logic obviously
@@rodolfoclaren6528If Russia had their way, there would be no Ukraine. It’s kind of shameful that Russian athletes are still representing Russia lol
Let's see what they'd say about handshakes if Russia invaded and tortured their civilian population.
Sports is sports. don't mix politics to it. Otherwise you just don't compete, wait until the war is over.
Why she did absolutely nothing wrong offered here saber it's their fault for demanding a hand shake
The russian fencer is a major supporter of putin and his war, screw her!!! The ukrainian fencer did nothing wrong
Imagine Jews saying that to Nazis. We don't care about Holocaust, sport is sport, right?
@@Perekipchenko his ego wouldn't see that
@@Perekipchenko imagine making a dumber analogy then what you just made. Oh wait, that’s not possible
I don’t blame her one iota. I wouldn’t either. She offered to touch swords that is good enough. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇨🇦
Only Nazis say that for your they information they killed Jews in world war two too
When your opponent gives you thier hand in respect ,even if they lost and you refuse to exchange, proves how disgraceful and low people can get..
Rules are rules.
rules only apply to those who follow them
Rules are for all countrys except USA
The Russian athletes have nothing to do with the war.
If that is how professional Ukrainian Sportswoman behaves, there is no hope for peace.
The only peace will be ruzzia leaving ALL of Ukraine. As they promised, IN WRITING in the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. The ruzzians stop fighting, they go home. The Ukrainians stop fighting, they die. It's a simple concept and any understanding of basic history has shown that to be the case with ruzzians.
@@AlexLTDLX But not all Ukraine wishes this Luhansk and Donetsk Peoples Republics have made that pretty clear where they believe they should be and has been that cade since 1991, clearly escalated in 2013 and outright fighting since 2014. So not simple.
@@AlexLTDLXthe Russians were ready to talk peace right at the start of the war and the Ukraine agreed. but then the west (mainly the UK and US) decided to interfere and the peace deal was torn up. Also if you want to talk about agreements being broken then you will have to point the finger at the west who with their NATO broke many agreements they had with Russia not to place weapons on the boarder. The west just want war, they need it for their economy. That's why when Russia requested to join NATO (which would of been a very good thing) they got rejected.
This isn't just a war between Russia and the Ukraine, this is a war between Russia and a proxy. You should stop trusting the media you are watching because they are lying to you about ALL of this.
There is no hope for the entire country since 25% of their countries population, 11 million people used the VERY FIRST CHANCE to leave the ukraine for the EU. And nobody I met from the younger girls and guys(who somehow also sit here in germany) want to ever leave back. I mean even before 2022 ukraine was a impoverished craphole
Sport has nothing to do with war if you don't want to participate stay out ! Everyone place us sport because they have a passion for it and do it out of sportsmanship! I would never enter a pitch knowing I'm challenging someone I regard an enemy !!! There are no enemies in sport and there's no wars attached to it so don't hate the player hate the player love the game!!! I do sympathies with people in those countries who have lost loved ones and have no homes!!!
The Russian fencer posted support for invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Would you shake hand with someone who cheers on as your country being invaded?
Agree
Easy for you to say when most likely your people are not being killed 😂
No no. Sports, of the international variety especially, have always played proxy to politics and relevant events. Not everyone can be Jesse Owens and befriend one who would otherwise despise him while raising a fist to power and proclaiming victory in the face of the kings of the evil empires. Some of us are just mortals. Such piety isn’t for everyone.
Uh have you heard of MMA
I think people are forgetting just how tied in with Kremlin Russian athletes are. They have many times been used in pro-regime & pro-war propaganda. They are tied together.
Take the banner behind the Olympians when they returned to Russia saying "For A World Without Nazism" and you KNOW who they were talking about. Athletes with opposing ideas with the state cannot compete in it's name.
Why would you want to shake hands with someone that would have no problem being celebrated at home with a banner behind them implying you were a Nazi and therefore your people deserved invasion if they were asked to?
The bigotry against russians is horrible.
The people who say that Olga Kharlan should have shaked hands with Anna don't seem to understand that war affects people. Athletes, sporters, are people. Olga's country gets destroyed for stupid reasons. People are being killed for stupid reasons. Children lost their parents due to Russian aggression, just because of stupid reasons. If you then still demand that Olga should shake hands you're in my opinion monstrous.
Maybe disqualification might be too much, but honestly it really gets extreme at some point to just ostracize the Russian athletes for their government's problems. This type of sentiment , when taken to its logical conclusion, would just lead to a ban on Russian athletes from playing. I hope you can understand why this would be ludicrous. The fact is, many of the people applauding her for refusal to shake hands are also suggesting Russians be barred from playing.
We all know who won the match.
Yes. Brave dignified Ukrainian.
Olga won twice and the little Putler fencer lost twice!
She did no wrong. How can one shake the hand who represent the Ogres/Terrorism/Occupiers/War
@@kadaz88cool it über alles
@@mazamatov🤡
How petty. Acting as if that girl is responsible for the tragedies started by the government.
They think by doing this they will turn Russian people against their leaders. It’s done the total opposite. This is deluded this thinking.
Good decision
Bad decision 😮
avoid political situation in international areas it is always international and professional
Hmm.. What are orcs doing in ukraine then? :S :S
@@JuanMartinez-vf5hd my guy sports have nothing to do with war
If you can't shake hands, don't compete. Be a good sport or don't play. Don't mix Sport's with politics, if your angry about the war go and fight. If not shut up and compete, this is Sport's, not war.
Politics is ruining sports
Those ukrainian athletes smoke too damn much
I don't blame her.
I do. What does the Russian fencer have to do with the war? That's just dumb 😂
Must be an American Tax Payer paying billions to keep Ukraine in a war since 2014.
I don't blame her either. I don't know who let their child out unattended but the kid above me needs guidance.
@@Liam-nf1dpthe Russian part.
Oh yes like the Russian fencer has anything to do with this war, ridiculous. Terrible sportsmanship
Good job! Very narrow mindset of that lady.
Yeah. What's wrong with committing genocide against Ukrainians anyways? Poor sport!
Bad job
very bad job
Bad sportsmanship
She should have been banned for not shaking hands
"What you do sounds louder than your words"....This action on the part of the IFF tells us who they favor.
Justice.
@@chaz000006in no way was their ruling just
@@kungpowchickenwing Then why did they have the rule?
Ahahah get her outa here
@@kungpowchickenwing
The rule has existed for decades. Keep crying
Russkie was smart her! She got what she came for. A win by any means!!
As it should be. They are playing sports, not politics.
she came their to play and the way she shown attitude should not play she should be in war
She came for play and not for politics and she is so care about and then take AR instead of sword just drama queen
Meanwhile her president is buying russian oil 🤣🤣 it's never personal
You don't shake hands with animals
I wouldn't shake yours then
This is so sad. It’s good sportsmanship and it’s part of the rules. Why spend most your life training just to do this? These two woman are not directly responsible for the war
When ur country being invade by a country where your opponent live? It's understandable that she refused to shake hands as well, it's too painful. In war time, even civilian get drag in
@@ishikawagoemon4397 then why attend champions ships when you know you have to do it ?
@@tssrfire143 easy when u love sport, u love sport, and in honesty, u wouldn't think you'll be disqualified for that. Or the other reason will be is to make a point that "you maybe my rival in sport but u are my enemy in war"
@@ishikawagoemon4397its literally sportsmanship attitude to acknowledge your opponent no matter who it is. neither of these two are fighting the war, they are representing their country on the international forum. sports has no place for politics. she couldve just shaken the person’s hand, because in real life you never reject anyone’s handshake unless maybe they had a hand in some wrongdoing which occured to you or a loved one. dont try to defend everything just because her country is being invaded. by that logic all ukrainians throughout the world can start intentionally ignoring their russian friends in their respective vicinity and use this as an excuse
@@markdes never, give me a reason to
We know, she knows and the Russians know. Good for her, she'll be fine. The Russians won't.
Kiev please stay home if you can't behave
The camel people people in the comment section keep saying *“why should Russia be banned when the USA wasn’t”* but they fail to realise that the USA was justified 😊
Quick update . When covid was raging no one shook hands .Why big thing about this now .
Russians are playing victims, like always.
I think we should just all leave the competitions that allow Russians to compete.
Russia is only capable of provocation and bad conduct.
Only fools try to justify bad manners.
@@user1qaz2wsx3edc and only fashist justify genocide.
@@user1qaz2wsx3edc only fools declare war unprovooked.
All athlete's should be respectfull of their counterpart. It could be worse, they could be on the battlefront. Sportmanship could rub off on their leaders as peace does need to start somewhere. Stranger things have happened.
That’s like asking a Jew to shake the hand of a Nazi at a competition, give us all a break.
What you don't know is that the Russian fencer had posted a picture of herself in a Russian army hat while giving the victory sign.
@@888Longballshe did a good job
@@lylarose2696world war two is eighty years ago so that's not a good example
@@lylarose2696and Ukrainians are not better than Nazis either they collaborated with Nazis during holocaust
I mean that girl from Russia got nothing to do with war, she deserves a handshake
Smirnova is a supporter of the invasion, of course she doesn't deserve a handshake
Nationalism is deeply rooted even in sports.
Glory to Ukraine!
😂
If its in the rules then she showed up for that match knowing that she would be breaking the rules today. Should have forfeited the match with some dignity.
? Odd, I’d say the person who protested a resounding defeat with a rule technicality is the one without dignity.
So all the ones who touched swords during the pandemic should be disqualified too? Because that was a part of the rules during those times too.
Beacause she is one of those legion of comedians