Olympic Star Shooter Joins Ukraine Forces, Warns Russian Troops "They Won't Have A Chance"
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Russia-Ukraine war: Kristina Dmitrenko won gold in the biathlon at the 2016 Youth Olympic Games - a sport that combines skiing and rifle shooting.
A Ukrainian champion shooter with an Olympic gold to her name now intends to use her skills to protect her homeland from invading Russian forces.
Twenty-two-year-old Kristina Dmitrenko won gold in the biathlon at the 2016 Youth Olympic Games - a sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. In February this year, she had been in the Carpathian mountains in the west of Ukraine where she was putting the finishing touches on preparations for an international competition. However, Russia invaded her nation on February 24, changing everything for her.
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According to Newsweek, Ms Dmitrenko was due to go to Switzerland on February 27 and then to Italy to compete but her sporting career paled into insignificance as she was faced with images of war in Kyiv and Chernihiv. This is when the biathlete decided to join the National Guard of Ukraine where she qualified to take up arms against her nation's invaders.
