Ukrainian biathlete Anastasiia Laletina pulled out of her competition on Tuesday at the Beijing Paralympics after she learned that her father was captured by Russian troops back home in Ukraine, according to USA Today’s Chris Bumbaca.
It was a bittersweet day for Ukraine at the Winter Paralympics with nine medals and a clean sweep of two biathlon events Tuesday -- just as one athlete learned her father had been taken prisoner by Russian troops.
Chinese athletes asserted home turf dominance on Day two of the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, netting four gold medals in alpine and cross country skiing events. The host nation now top the medal tally with a haul of 16...
YANQING: For a country that had won just one medal at the Winter Paralympics, China’s campaign at the Beijing Games might already qualify as a huge success after they claimed an impressive eight medals on the opening day of action on Saturday.
Yevhen Malyshev, a 19-year-old Ukrainian biathlete, was among the many who died this week fighting off Russia's invasion of his homeland, the International Biathlon Union confirmed Wednesday.