Recent content by Irina89

I am glad they are allowed to compete, they should have been allowed a long time ago. And by they I do not mean Russian skaters in general, I am talking about those who proved to be decent human being. Those who believe they could have spoken against Putin are deluding themselves. You end up...

I did. European gymnastics has regressed so much. Even with the Russians in the mix I just can not see how they could compete against the Americans, Brazilians, the Chinese or even the Japanese and the Canadians. I am happy that Romania has a team again but sad at the same time that we still...

Not injured. Just really bad at bars. Not a chance to qualify for top 24. She decided to focus on beam and floor trying to get to the finals. Still strange that she got such a low E score on beam.

Maybe they could allow the Russian fencers who left for USA to compete as AIN? That would really upset the a-holes in the COR.

The person who cleared this athlete to compete should face the consequences and lose her/his job.

I would like to know who were those people, from what country? The commentator of the event said that until yesterday the rule said a touch of the blade was enough, and that they changed that rule yesterday??

The photo is not visible. What was it? the 60 days dsq does nothing for her. The season in fencing is over. Will start again in November. I still believe it was the best decision she could have made. As for judo. The guy who runs the show is a Romanian :argue: who lives in Hungary and has ties...

She did it. Olga Kharlan fought against the Russian girl. She won and now the brat from Russia is trying to force her to come back and shake her hand. She is not having any luck. Staying on the piste for the last 30 minutes and showing everyone what a scumbag she is. That is how you should fight...

This is what I was talking about. I believed it was up to every athlete to decide if they compete or not. Was not she the one who said that the Ministry of Sports should allow each individual to make a decision? In my opinion, winning a gold medal (she is more than capable to do that) would be a...

If other fencers would do the same it would make sense, but since no one cares... She just puts herself in a position of not qualifying for the Olympics. But her career, her choices.

Olga Kharlan is due to fence a Russian girl in two days time. That should be interesting since she decided to participate after all.

You are comparing two different things. No sane person would say that a Russian kid not competing in gymnastics is as worse as an Ukrainian one losing his life, family, friends. You have every right to be as outraged as you like, I am just pointing out the facts. People around the world will not...

You can not possible blame children and young teens for the actions of the adults near them. This is the exact type of thinking that will make people easier accept that Russia is back in sport competitions. I watch a bit of fencing and I really like what Olga Kharlan said in her latest ig story...

It was to be expected. Very sad for everyone involved, but especially for the Ukr gymnasts. I hope they, at the very least, do not accept someone like Nikita N. who was very proud of the killings conducted by his country. On the other hand, I guess it makes sense for the 14-15 girls who will be...

Crimea is not Ukraine. Crimea belonged to the Tatar people who were killed by Stalin. Hrusciov decided to make it a part of RSS Ukraine. Of course what Putin did in 2014 was illegal by international law standards, but why rewrite history?