Dmitro Sjarko of Ukraine, who participated in the visually impaired class of cross-country skiing at the Beijing Paralympics, said that his apartment was damaged by the bombing and he frequently contacts his family to confirm that he is safe. I revealed.
Ukrainian Sjarko learned that his home country had been bombed as he continued training in Italy for the Paralympics and was about to return to Ukraine in preparation for his departure to Beijing.
Syarko said, "I couldn't believe why this happened in a peaceful time, and it was a painful shock. The Beijing Games were out of my mind." "I came back to life knowing that Ukraine was fighting without surrendering. It inspired me to fight on the international stage by proving that I was a Ukrainian."
By the time he entered Beijing on the 2nd of this month, Sjarko had been in line for hours and crossed the border many times with people trying to escape the bombing.
In this tournament, he has won bronze medals in the second category of 6kg and 10kg in the biathlon men's visually impaired class, and on the 9th he participated in cross-country skiing and men's 1.3kg sprint free and lost in the semifinals. Did.
Later, Syarko, who was interviewed, explained that the bombing was on the second floor of his apartment and that the tenth floor where he lived was safe.
Currently, he frequently contacts to confirm the safety of his family, saying, "When the morning starts, my family will notify me by mobile phone. If not, I will contact myself. When I do not have time to contact in the morning Calls me at night. I keep in touch with my family when I go out to eat. "
He said, "There are many news stories about the killing of unrelated civilians. It's hard to hear bad information from Russian troops to Ukrainians."