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Extreme Effort PO24-43
There are many stories at the Olympics of athletes going through all sorts of struggles to get to the Olympics. One that speaks to me is what those from the Ukraine have had to endure just to be able to be present let alone competitive. But that is exactly Oleg Verniaiev (Ukraine). He has returned from war in his country, a ban from competitive sports, and is now in his third Olympics having missed the Tokyo Games because of the suspension. But here he is leading after each rotation and finishing eighth on the day.