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Usmanov elected FIE president
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MOSCOW: Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov was elected president of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) at the body’s congress in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent on Saturday, the businessman’s representative said. Usmanov, who according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index has a total net worth of $14.4 billion, made his fortune in mining, industry, telecoms, and media. He has been a major donor to international fencing through his charity fund. Usmanov was first elected FIE president in 2008 and re-elected in 2012, 2016 and 2021. The 71-year-old, currently under European Union and United States sanctions and a travel ban, stepped down as president of the federation after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine but was nominated for a return to the post. His candidacy got the backing of 120 out of 146 federation members who voted, his representative said. Usmanov was running against 58-year-old Swedish former Olympian Otto Drakenberg. Greek Emmanuel Katsiadakis served as interim president. Russian and Belarusian fencers were initially banned from international competition after Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine but the FIE became one of the first federations to allow them back into competition the following year. No Russian or Belarusian fencers took part in this year’s Paris Olympics as none of the athletes from the two countries who were deemed eligible to compete as neutral athletes entered the qualifiers.
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