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Guest turquoiseblue Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Devin Heroux's report of the Ukrainian press conference: Quote "You're attention today is very important for us. For Ukraine. For Ukrainian people. But also very important for all people in the world." - Valeriy Sushkevych, Ukrainian Paralympic Committee president We're now hearing how harrowing it was for Ukrainian athletes to get to Beijing. Many who have to avoid war-torn areas to escape their country to be able to travel to the Paralympics. "It's a miracle that we are here" - Oleksandr Onyshchenko, Ukrainian team leader at the Paralympics Oleksandr Onyshchenko, Ukrainian team leader for the Paralympics, is sharing his journey to the Paralympics. For two nights he slept on the floor of a bus. This is an incredible press conference. Ukrainian Paralympic officials explaining the nightmare that exists in their country. What they had to go through to get here. How important it was to be here. "We could not afford not having the existence of Ukraine at the Paralympics" "Ukraine is alive. We're among the Paralympic family." - Oleksandr Onyshchenko, Ukrainian team leader. Oleksandr Onyshchenko explains a gymnasium for blind children was bombed and destroyed in Ukraine. These are heartbreaking stories of the destruction there. The media room is packed for this Ukrainian press conference. Compelling quotes from the Ukrainian officials. They’re exhausted. But being here was massively important to them. On the Russian and Belarusian delegations: Quote 83 athletes are now being sent home from the Paralympics from the Russian and Belarusian delegations. "You are victims of your government's actions" says IPC president Andrew Parsons when addressing Russian and Belarusian athletes. We're getting a clearer picture of what's unfolding in the Athletes Village -- and it does not sound pleasant at all. It sounds tense and unsafe for athletes. There was a level of animosity. We do believe the Russian and Belarusian Paralympic Committees will take legal action on this decision says IPC president Andrew Parsons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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