Ukrainian Olympic fencing champion Olha Kharlan has said she is "disappointed" that Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has been elected as president of the International Fencing Federation (FIE).

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No words anymore," Kharlan wrote. The election took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Usmanov received 120 votes, while his sole opponent, Otto Drakenberg, president of the Swedish Fencing Federation ...