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Fencer Olga Kharlan claimed a first medal for Ukraine at the Paris Games in the fencing event on Monday. The 2008 Beijing champion took bronze after she defeated South Korea’s Choi Sibin 15-13 in the women’s sabre. “I hope some little girl sees me and, in the future, she will know and want to be an Olympic champion, a five-time Olympic medallist,” she said. “I brought a medal to my country, and it’s the first one. And it’s going to be a good start for all our athletes here. Because it’s really tough to compete when your country is at war. My country goes through (a) really horrible time. But w…

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