From: AP News-SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — There won’t be any quick trips home for Ukraine’s medalistsat the Paris Olympics.
High jumpers Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Iryna Gerashchenko and hammer thrower Mykhaylo Kokhan picked up their hardware on Monday following a memorable night 24 hours earlier in track and field for the war-torn country.
Gold for Mahuchikh and bronzes for Gerashchenko and Kokhan.
None of them can hop on a direct flight to Ukraine.
All three athletes were fled their country following Russia’s invasion, and only Gerashchenko will return immediately.
Her itinerary? A flight from Paris to Vienna, another plane from Vienna to Moldova. Then a 13- or 14-hour bus ride to Kyiv.
Voice of Ukraine 