On February 21, 2014, the Ukrainian relay four consisting of Vita Semerenko, Yulia Jima, Valentina Semerenko and Elena Podgrushna became Olympic champions.
At the time of tragic events in Ukraine, when blood was poured by the streets of Kiev, Vita Semerenko, Yulia Jim, Valentina Semerenko and Olena Podgrushna won a historical victory, in gold letters, entering their names in the history of Ukraine. It is symbolic that it happened in Russian Sochi.
On this day, 11 years ago, for the first time in the history of Ukrainian biathlon, our athletes won Olympic gold. It happened 20 years after the figure skater Oksana Bayul descended on the first place of the podium of honor at Lillegammer Games.
Source: Sport.ua