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Ukrainian Olympian dies on front line

Oleksandr Pielieshenko, a weightlifter who competed for Ukraine in Rio 2016, passed away amid hostilities with Russia.

The 30 year old two-time European champion Pielieshenko enlisted in the military shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, according per the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.

Viktor Slobodianiuk, a board member of the Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation (UWF) and a weightlifting instructor, stated, "Heroes do not die, war takes the best of us."
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