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As Ukraine Collects Medals in Paris, Its Sports Pipeline Is in Tatters

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Facilities have been battered. Coaches are in short supply. Children have moved abroad. Ukraine faces a long hard road toward rebuilding its athletic programs.

Ganna Gatsko practicing with a javelin in June at Spartak Stadium in Brovary, Ukraine.

Facilities have been battered. Coaches are in short supply. Children have moved abroad. Ukraine faces a long hard road toward rebuilding its athletic programs.

Ganna Gatsko practicing with a javelin in June at Spartak Stadium in Brovary, Ukraine.

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