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Category: 8. Sports
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Olympic Training During a War: Rafał Milach In Ukraine
Olympic training facility Koncha Zaspa where Oleg Yuriyovych Verniaiev, an Ukrainian artistic gymnast prepares himself for competitions. He is the 2016 Olympic parallel bars champion and individual (…) -
Angered by Paris ban, Russia’s media scorns ‘the Olympics of Hell’
Steve RosenbergBBC Russia Editor
BBC
Russian athletes are not allowed to compete in the Paris Olympics because of their country’s war in Ukraine I’m sailing down the river with an Olympic champion.
No, it’s not the Seine. And this isn’t Paris….
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One Ukrainian journalist’s mission to stop Russian and Belarusian athletes competing at the Paris Olympics
Kyiv
CNN
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Many high-profile Ukrainians had called for all Russian and Belarusian athletes to be banned from this year’s Olympic Games, including tennis star Elina…
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Paris Olympics fencing: Ukraine win first gold medal of 2024 Games
Ukraine won their first gold medal at Paris 2024 with a thrilling victory in the women’s sabre team event final over South Korea.
Olga Kharlan, who won Ukraine’s first medal in Paris with individual bronze on Monday, put in an inspired performance…
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Fencer Olga Kharlan becomes Ukraine’s most decorated Olympian
After Ukraine’s women’s saber fencing team won its first gold at 2024 Olympics on Aug. 3, saber fencer Olga Kharlan becomes the most decorated Olympian in Ukraine’s history by medal count.
Ukraine has so far won three medals at the Paris…
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z-Propanganda in e-Sports: How Russia Uses e-Sports as a Propagandistic Platform
Russia exploits e-sports for propagandistic purposes.
According to Statista, in 2019, global e-sports revenues amounted to 957.5 million U.S. dollars, a figure that is expected to exceed 1.6 billion by 2024. The easy accessibility of…
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Ukraine in her heart, world-record high jumper goes for Paris gold
SAINT-DENIS, France —The best high jumper in Ukraine, and maybe the world, hasn’t spent much time at home the last few years.
Home for Yaroslava Mahuchikh is Dnipro, a city of 1 million located only about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from…
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Ukraine’s Olympic chief celebrates limited Russian presence at Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) — The head of Ukraine’s Olympic delegation touted the limited numbers of Russian athletes at the Paris Olympics — who must compete as neutrals — as war between the two countries grinds…
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Ukraine fencer’s Olympic medal ‘for athletes Russia killed’ – DW – 07/30/2024
First Olga Kharlan sank to her knees. Then she kissed the ground where she had just claimed an Olympic bronze medal, in acknowledgement of how it has served her over the years.
“I’m just thankful to the piste (the strip on which fencers…
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Ukraine loses to Argentina, fails to reach Olympic football knockout stage
Argentina defeated the Ukrainian Olympic football team 2:0, kicking the latter out of the tournament.
Thiago Almada opened the score on the 47th minute, followed by a goal from 18-year-old Claudio Echeverri in stoppage time….
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