INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The United States Olympic Committee and the fencing association it governs have asked Congress to grant American citizenship to three
said.Sarah Hirshland, CEO of the United States Olympic - Paralympic Committee (USOPC), wrote in a separate letter that the Russian
and Violetta Bida on unspecified criminal charges.Citing anonymous law enforcement sources, Russian state media laterreported that the pair
was accused of abandoning a military unit without authorization.Before leaving Russia, Violetta Bida waslisted as a soldier with the Defense
Ministry-affiliated sports club CSKA, while Sergei Bida was a Russian National Guard officer and member of Dynamo Moscow, another club with
citizenship, the Senate and House of Representatives would have to pass a bill that President Joe Biden would then need to sign.Sergei Bida
1 in the world for men's epee in 2019 and 2020
He won silver in the men's team epee competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the individual epee competition at the 2019 World
Violetta Bida told USA Today she was six months pregnant and would have to miss out on the Paris Olympics.Lokhanov is a two-time junior
world champion who placed seventh in the men's team saber competition and 24th in individual saber at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
