Ukrainian fencers in training in the elite center of French sport. National number one and international bronze medallist at the Turin Grand Prix in February, Alina Poloziuk, 20, still trains at home.
"Our people continue to die: to cross swords with them, to shake their hands, it is inconceivable," says Olga Sopit, twin sister of national coach Olga Leleiko. Former banished, subject to principle of neutrality, could tread the tracks in Plovdiv next week for the first time since the lifting of their suspension.