Friday, July 26, 2024

Ukraine Strives to Keep Memory of Athletes Who Died Fighting Ahead of Paris Olympics

May the Olympic Games begin in heir memory! May the 2,900 years old tradition of the Olympic Truce be honored!

"This year’s Olympic Games in Paris features the smallest Ukrainian delegation in the history of the Olympics’ summer games - with only 140 athletes participating.

According to a British parliamentary press release on July 24, more than 487 Ukrainian athletes, including past and aspiring Olympians, have been killed since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Among them are Stanislav Hulenkov, a 22-year-old judoka who died defending Ukraine in the Donetsk region, and Anastasiia Ihnatenko, an acrobatic gymnastics coach who died alongside her husband and their 18-month-old son in a Russian missile strike, and many others. ..."

Ukraine Strives to Keep Memory of Athletes Who Died Fighting Ahead of Paris Olympics

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