Chinese athletes sent to the quarantine before the competitions in Kazan. Six fencers must pass three stages of quarantine control — in Paris, Moscow and Kazan. This is reported RIA Novosti with reference to the Ministry of sports of Tatarstan.
the world Cup fencing will be held in Kazan from 21 to 23 February. As said STRC “Tatarstan” in the Ministry of sports of the Republic of the organizers of the tournament do not have the authority to limit the participation of athletes from China. This decision remains only for the International fencing Federation or the competent bodies on the territory of Russia. We will remind that earlier the Cabinet has restricted the entry of Chinese athletes due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in China.
Text: GTRK “Tatarstan”