Ukrainian Athletes Shine at Dubai Para Athletics and Invictus Games

International Para Athletics competitions are taking place in Dubai, with athletes from 41 countries participating.

According to the press service of the Kherson Regional Athletic Association, Ukraine is represented at the championship by eight para athletes, including Ivan Tetyukhin, an athlete of the Kherson Regional Center Invasport and a pupil of the Children and Youth Sports School .

The Kherson resident showed excellent results and won two silver medals in the 100 and 200 meters in the T35 class.

Recently, the court announced the sentence of a former Ukrainian athlete from Crimea for aiding the aggressor state. She was sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.

Meanwhile, the InvictusGames 2025, an international competition for military and veterans, has started in Canada. This year, Ukraine is represented by 35 participants from 14 regions, including Oleksiy Horb, a junior sergeant from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson Oblast.

Oleksiy was injured in March 2023 while performing a combat mission near the village of Ploshchanka in Luhansk region.

Earlier, the Odesa Accessibility Council presented veteran Yevhen Kaus, who will represent Odesa region at the Invictus Games as part of the national team. Other members of the Ukrainian national team from Odesa region include Oleksiy Vasyliev, an Armed Forces soldier who was injured in Bakhmut, Ilya Pylypenko, a sailor who was injured in a tank explosion near Bilohirka, and Oleksiy Prytula, a senior soldier who was injured in Yampolivka.

Meanwhile, little Oleksandra Paskal, who uses a prosthetic leg, became the star of the Rizatdinova Cup gymnastics tournament. The girl lost her leg as a result of a Russian missile attack on Zatoka in Odesa region. The tournament was organized by world champion and Olympic medalist Anna Rizatdinova with the support of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation of Ukraine.

Андрій Колісніченко