As Russia's military invasion continued, Ukrainian players who won seven medals at the Beijing Paralympic Games Biathlon talked about their thoughts on their homeland and the people at the medal award ceremony on the night of the 6th.
Twenty Ukrainian athletes participated in the Beijing Paralympic Games Biaslon on the 5th, and in the men's 6-kilometer visually impaired class, they monopolized medals, including three gold medals, three silver medals, and one bronze medal. I won two medals.
At the medal award ceremony on the night of the 6th, the players responded to the interview after receiving the medals on the podium.
Of these, Grigory Bobtinsky, who won the gold medal in the men's 6-kilometer standing and skiing class, said, "This gold medal belongs to the Ukrainians. I am thinking of the Ukrainian people and their homeland. People are dead in battle. "
Vitaliy Lukyanenko, who won the gold medal in the men's 6-kilogram visually impaired class, said, "I'm glad I got the gold medal for the country, but given the current situation in Ukraine, I'm not happy with my family. I live in an area that was bombed. Don't attack my town. Stop the war. "