Sunday was the most successful day for Ukraine at the Games, winning three medals within a few hours of each other at various track and field events
Fans watch Ukrainian athletes compete at the Olympic Games in the fan zone at VDNKh in Kyiv on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.Most countries enjoy at least one special moment at the Olympics , when their athletes exceed expectations or win multiple medals in one session. For Ukraine, that moment came Sunday night.
More than 2,400 km away in Kyiv, Olha Hvozdykova was among the millions of Ukrainians who were cheering along with the crowds in Paris. Sunday was the most successful day yet at the Olympics for Ukraine which has seven medals so far – two gold, two silver and three bronze. “In my country, Russia killed people,” said high jump winner Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who holds the world record in the event. “Almost 500 sportsmen died in this war, and they will never compete. They will never celebrate. They will never feel this atmosphere. So, I’m happy with the gold medal and it’s really for all of them.”
She’s a coach and deputy director of a children’s sports school and she said it’s been hard to keep kids active since the war started. “There is a lot of anxiety now. Children have been in shelters for a long time and there is not much room to move,” she said. “But now they have to come to life, because there is an example of athletes who did not give up during the war and managed to reach the Olympics.
Even non-sports fans have come to see the Paris Games as more than an athletic endeavour. “I believe that in principle Ukraine should participate in them, because we have to be heard everywhere, all over the world. We have to be seen,” said Viktoriia Doroshenko who never had much interest in the Olympics before the war but was among those in the fan zone last week.
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