The tragedy he is going through Ukraine has also involved sport, which has paid an already large number of human lives to the war that arose from the Russian invasion and which is moving towards Odessa e Kievstill Ukrainian and not willing to give in to the advance of the forces fielded by Vladimir Putin.
Yevhen Zvonok, Ukrainian kickboxing champion, is dead
With confirmation by the Federationof the disappearance of the 22-year-old kickboxer Yevhen Zvonokthe immense scope of this conflict has revealed its ruthlessness, even towards young sportsmen: the Ukrainian athlete, promoted to kickboxing, died under Russian bombing.
Among the bodies extracted under the rubble of a school of Chernigov ended up in the crosshairs of a Russian air attack there is in fact also that of Yevhen Zvonok who, despite having no military training, had enrolled as a volunteer in the army for territorial defense immediately after the start of the war.
Confirmation of the death of Yevhen Zvonok
There was no news of this boy since March 2, before the Committee had no news of him since March 2 before the Ukrainian Sports Committee announced his death on March 3 and that his body was found four days later, during the recovery of the victims.
The announcement was made through the official social channels: a way to make the news public where possible and allow those who feel the need to express their condolences.
Who was Yevhen Zvonok
This is the fourth sportsman whose death has been officially confirmed since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Yevhen Zvonok he was in fact one of the rising stars of international kickboxing.
The first to lose his life on this terrible list was the biathlete Yevgeny Malishev and the two young players, Martynenko and Sapylo.
In fact, after graduating national champion, the 22-year-old won the silver medal in the last few World Championships held in Budapest last September.
The memory of the coach Serhiy Lisyuk
When the invasion by the Russiawas preparing for the national championship with the aim of confirming his title of Ukrainian champion of his category, but in one day he found himself going from fighting in the ring to fighting in a full-fledged war:
“Yevhen he was a brave boy who never backed down, he accepted every challenge – said his coach Serhiy Lisyuk a Suspilne -. We had recently planned to participate in an international competition. At the end of March he should have played in the Ukrainian championship, and we were preparing to go to Odessa together, but now he is gone ”, the memory of him.
A tribute to a 22-year-old boy, who was waiting to return to his life and to the championships scheduled for Odessa, to sport. To those dreams of freedom, which led him to wear the uniform.
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