Ukraine s Paralympic team endured an unlikely and emotional journey to compete in Beijing last month. Then they travelled home, meeting a harsher reality than they knew before.
Ukraine s Paralympic team endured an unlikely and emotional journey to compete in Beijing last month. Then they travelled home, meeting a harsher reality than they knew before.
Ukrainian athletes sweep the para-biathlon podium at the Beijing Winter Paralympics three times and dedicate their medals to their home country amid war.
A sense of purpose washed over Ukrainian athletes on day four of the Winter Paralympics, as gold medallist Iryna Bui led a clean sweep of the podium in the women’s biathlon. “We would like to dedicate our results and medals to each and every Ukrainian and all the soldiers in the Ukrainian army who protect us,” Bui said after the.