Hurdler Anna Ryzhykova, one of an estimated 40,000 athletes across all sports forced to flee Ukraine to train abroad after Russia's invasion, says she is fighting for her homeland in the best way she can - with her results on the track.The Olympic bronze medallist has already qualified for the World Athle
Hurdler Anna Ryzhykova, one of an estimated 40,000 athletes across all sports forced to flee Ukraine to train abroad after Russia's invasion, says she is fighting for her homeland in the best way she can - with her results on the track.
"I continue to cry and worry every day about my friends, my family. But I still continue to train and still continue to show good results to help my country." Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said last month that 228 Ukrainian athletes had been killed in the war.Ukraine's high jumper Kateryna Tabashnyk dedicated her bronze medal at this month's European Indoor Championships to her mother, who was killed in a Russian strike in August, saying:"This medal carries all my pain and sorrow."
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