Ukrainians are helping the country in various ways to fight the occupier.
Well-known Ukrainian Paralympic champion in parakanoe Sergei Emelyanov decided to help the Ukrainian army in the fight against the Russian occupiers.
The 28-year-old athlete decided to sell his gold medal at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo and hand over the proceeds to our soldiers.
Hello everyone. I will probably not say good morning, because it is not very good for someone. I am Sergei Emelyanov, I plan to sell my gold Paralympic medal at the Games in Japan (2021) to support our defenders of Ukraine. Only together we will win . Glory to Ukraine “, – Emelyanov wrote in his Facebook.
Emelyanov won gold at both the 2016 Olympics (with a Paralympic record) and the 2020 Olympics in the KL3 class – among athletes with lower limb injuries.
The athlete is also a four-time world champion (2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021) in canoeing.
We will remind, on February 24 the president of the Russian Federation Putin made the urgent statement on carrying out special military operation in the territory of Ukraine, having begun large-scale invasion of the Ukrainian cities.
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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian coach will sell the medal of the winner of the UEFA Cup and send money to help the APU .
