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Paris 2024: Women’s sabre team wins first Ukrainian gold medal
Paris 2024: Women’s sabre team wins first Ukrainian gold medal
(France 2)
A striking image of these Olympic Games, the Ukrainian women won the gold medal in the sabre on Saturday, August 3. A victory for an entire people, whose anthem resounded for the first time at the Games since the Russian invasion.
Without winning the war, the Ukrainian athletes won their battle, capsizing their people and the French public. Thanks to them, the Ukrainian flag now flies over the Paris 2024 Games. Once the French players were eliminated from the competition, on Saturday, August 3, the public encouraged the Ukrainian sabre players and then cheered them when they won their country’s first gold medal.With Ukraine in our hearts, we did it“, Olga Kharlan reacted.
The victory of this team is above all that of a woman, Olga Kharlan, who has become a symbol of Ukrainian patriotism. In 2023, she notably refused to shake the hand of a Russian athlete at the end of a fight. Disqualified, she was reinstated by the IOC. Committed on social networks to the Ukrainian cause, she campaigns for the boycott of Russian athletes and carries out collections for the military. On Saturday, August 3, they dedicated their victory to them. Ukraine thus succeeds Russia, which won the title at the Tokyo Games.
