The war claimed the lives of 262 Ukrainian athletes and destroyed 363 sports facilities, according to statements by the Minister of Sports of Ukraine, Vadym Huttsait, who received the President of the International Gymnastics Federation, Morinari Watanabe. Among the victims of the conflict, we know that the figure skater Dmytro Sharpar died in combat near Bakhmout, and that Volodymyr Androshchuk, future Olympic hopeful in the decathlon, also lost his life.
