Solutions to win: national boxing team donates European championship winnings to support Ukrainian intelligence

The Ukrainian national men's and women's boxing team, who achieved first place in the overall team standings at the U–22 European Boxing Championship, chose to donate the 42,000 US dollars prize money to support the needs of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports reported this.

The department said the funds would be provided to Ukraine's intelligence to support defenders resisting Russian aggression.

Competition results

Gold

• Danylo Zamorylo (63.5 kg) — Lviv region
• Danylo Lozan (67 kg) — Cherkasy region
• Yurii Zakhareev (71 kg) — Kharkiv region
• Dzhamal Kuliiev (75 kg) — Odesa region
• Daria-Olha Hutarina (52 kg) — Ivano-Frankivsk region
• Nataliia Merinova (66 kg) — Ivano-Frankivsk region
• Iryna Lutsak (81 kg) — Ivano-Frankivsk region
• Vasyl Tkachuk (+92 kg) — Ivano-Frankivsk region

Silver

• Ashot Kocharian (86 kg) — Ivano-Frankivsk region
• Tetiana Dovhal (60 kg) — Cherkasy region
• Raisa Piskun (75 kg) — Kyiv

Bronze

• Dmytro Kolisnichenko (54 kg) — Cherkasy region
• Volodymyr Kushnir (92 kg) — Vinnytsia region
• Polina Chernenko (+81 kg) — Dnipropetrovsk region

The ministry is stressing that the war will significantly impact Ukrainian sports. 545 Ukrainian athletes and coaches lost their lives at the hands of the occupiers.

"In light of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, as of October 21, 2024, Russian forces have already killed 545 Ukrainian athletes and coaches, as well as destroyed 523 sports facilities. Despite this, Ukrainian athletes continue to show high results and demonstrate indomitable spirit," the department emphasized.

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It is worth mentioning that at a charity auction, the sword used by two-time Olympic champion Olha Kharlan to make the winning shot in the team fencing final at the 2024 Paris Olympics was sold for 10 million hryvnias.

Furthermore, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Olympic champion and track and field athlete, donated some of her prize money from the 2024 Games in Paris to Ukrainian animal rights activists.