Today is the 25th anniversary of the tragic events in Chernobyl, Ukraine. There was an interesting article in an Irish paper here on how people are coping with the aftereffects: Chernobyl the fallout
These are some of the Ukrainian sports stars I found this morning. If you know of anyone else, please leave a comment!
Women's European 60m final Oleysa Povh in 7.13
Best-ever celebration - Gold Medal in Wrestling Athens Olympics 2004
Valentina Semerenko (Ukraine) comes 3rd in 2011 Biathlon
Amateur Muay Thai world championships 2010 Diana Yakovlev (Ukraine) - Kunones Chantelle (USA)
Gymastics - one of most popular women's sports in Ukraine
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Zhanna Pintusevich-Block springs to mind although she was implicated in the BALCO scandal so probably the less said the better.
@ Emmet - Still under investigation from what I can find online, please don't get me closed down for defamation!
Well it's not defamatory to say she was named in connection to it as that's a matter of public record. Also you should be safe in any case given the way defamation law works in relation to geography.
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