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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…

Fencer Olga Kharlan has won Ukraine’s first medal at the Paris Olympics, taking bronze in the women’s individual saber event on July 29.

The 33-year-old beat South Korea’s Choi Se-bin 15-14 in a fiercely contested match.

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Kharlan made…

Fencer Olga Kharlan claimed a first medal for Ukraine at the Paris…

Ukraine’s football team won its second game at the Olympic Games in Paris on July 27, beating Morocco 2:1. This is the country’s first ever victory in football at the Olympics.

Ukraine lost its first match to Iraq earlier this week. After two…

Ukraine lobbied to exclude Russia

At least 487 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have been killed over the course of the war, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Youth and Sports, while many have been seriously wounded. Runner Yana Stepanenko…

Inside Ukraine’s ministry of youth and sports stands a solemn memorial, displayed along a section of wall, displaying the names of athletes and coaches at various levels who have died during Russia’s full-scale invasion. It was unveiled in…

PARIS (AP) — For Ukrainian competitors in Paris for the Olympics, joy goes hand in hand with sorrow. Athletes are striving to enjoy the dream of competing at one of the world’s most prestigious sports…

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