"I believe that we will push the IOC", Olympic champion Lilia Podkopaeva in the marathon "Edyny Novyni"
On Tuesday, February 21, Liliya Podkopaeva, the absolute Olympic champion in gymnastics and the ambassador of the 1+1 media project - "Sports Front" - visited the studio of the 1+1 TV channel as part of the national marathon "Edyni Novyni".
Video: https://youtu.be/DwO70bQiwpU
During the broadcast, the Olympic pride talked about the emotions of the first visits to Ukraine in the conditions of a full-scale war, as well as tons of aid brought from the United States of America.
"When I came to Kyiv by train and saw people whose lives continue, it inspired me. But then, when she heard the air raid and the explosions, everything changed in one minute. It's getting creepy. It's like falling into an abyss and you can't stop yourself... My family is doing everything possible to help our country. Just recently, we handed over 2 tons of non-lethal aid to the Ukrainian border guard - winter jackets, ballistic glasses, tactical gloves, backpacks, sleeping bags. I feel an internal uplift, that 500 pairs of eyes will be protected, 700 pairs of hands will be warmed, " said Lilia Podkopaeva.
In addition, Liliya, together with the presenters of the Yedyni Novyni marathon Marichka Padalko and Ruslan Sharipov, discussed the International Olympic Committee's attempts to return Russian and Belarusian athletes to the competition.
"Anything, but sport cannot be neutral. Every athlete is a person who is a mouthpiece and represents the country in international arenas... I want to thank the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for keeping their finger on the pulse to pressure the IOC."
You can watch the full version of the episode on the 1+1 YouTube channel at this link: https://youtu.be/DwO70bQiwpU .
We will remind that in June, the 1+1 media group together with Andriy Shevchenko, the best football player in Europe in 2004, the head coach of the national team of Ukraine (2016-2021), a legendary athlete who is known all over the world and a hero of Ukraine, launched the project "Sports front". This is a large-scale communication campaign, as well as a series of initiatives, videos and actions designed to draw the attention of the international sports community to the war in Ukraine. There are already nine videos in the network, in which he himself became the hero Andriy Shevchenko , world judo champion George Zantaraya , bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Hanna Rizatdinova , bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Stanislav Horuna , the legendary goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskyi , Olympic champion and silver medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games Oleg Verniaev , Olympic champion Olga Kharlan , Olympic champion Zhan Beleniuk , absolute Olympic champion of the 1996 Olympic Games Lilia Podkopaeva .
