In the picture of resilience inside the Parisian coliseum Co paint and Yaroslava Mahuchikh winning three medals including a gold.
Trademark yellow- and- blue eyeliner, which is colours of the Ukrainian flag. The high jump gold medallist Yaroslava Mahuchikh broke a 37-year-old world record last month, who hugs fellow countrywoman Iryna Gerashchenko, the bronze winner.
At the other sides of the field, Mykhaylo Kohkan part of Ukrain’s Nation Guard (its military force) watches his fellow countryman run a victory lap of honour. The hammer-thrower also wish to join them, his event isn’t over yet. ” I had prayed to God, ‘can I please stay in the medals?,” he also added that ” I thought it would be very nice if I get the medal also, and we could celebrate together on this magical Olympic evening.”
Kohkan’s attempt of 79.39 metres gets him the bronze. Gerashchenko-who, identical to Kohkan, had finished fourth in the Tokyo Olympics-smiles. ” We did it! We are happy today!”
In the parisian stadium, the trio is decorating a picture of resilience. It’s Ukraine’s finest hour at the Paris Olympics, winning three medals in which one is gold which was posted on Twitter(X). The president of war-ravaged country Volodymyr Zelenskyy pay tribute to the trio: “We are very proud! Thank you for this result…..Ukrainians know how to be strong and how to win.”
In the stadium The people of Ukrain exit the ground to let the 100m sprinters take centre stage and run into the dull, compacted the room where reporters from nearly two dozen countries surround them. Kohkan was smiling and bleeds natural charm.
But suddenly crease appears on his forehead when one reporter asked him if he will have to join the battlefront now that the Olympics are over.” I don’t know,” he replied. Next to him,Geraschchenko breaks down, fearing for her friends and family. ” I have many friends who are fighting now, and who died. It is very hard. They are very strong…This medal is for them. I can be here because they are at the frontline,” she replied.
On the “biggest night” of her life Mahuchikh’s think constantly goes back to the her family in Dnipro, her hometown where home converted into military hospitals and rocket factories, Ukraine’s industrial hub has been a regular target since the beginning of Russia’s takeover in February 2022.
(Image source : Reuters)
