{"id":391384,"date":"2024-05-06T22:10:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T22:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=391384"},"modified":"2024-05-07T00:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T00:04:26","slug":"weightlifting-champion-killed-in-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=391384","title":{"rendered":"Weightlifting champion killed in Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time European <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/weightlifting\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"weightlifting\">weightlifting<\/a> champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko died on the front line in the war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Olympic Committee said.<\/p>\n<p>Pielieshenko &quot;died in the war with the enemy&quot; on Sunday, the committee posted on Telegram. He was 30.<\/p>\n<p>He joined Ukraine&#x27;s armed forces in the first days of Russia&#x27;s invasion, the committee added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-mark-levy-kasey-badger-attacks-david-klemmer-disgraceful-comments-opinion\/bb0cea5b-a32b-45c2-8f63-ae5df68d590e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>NRL&#x27;s &#x27;absolutely pathetic&#x27; reaction to &#x27;shameful&#x27; act<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/paul-gallen-column-2024-news-wayne-bennett-south-sydney-rabbitohs-offer-deal-david-fifita-panthers\/0fe89a44-a69e-41a8-ba4d-9311957a0a2e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Worrying Wayne act could come back to bite Bunnies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-brisbane-broncos-adam-reynolds-injury-corey-parker-darren-lockyer-comments-latrell-mitchell\/3e7b10a6-a2b7-499b-98c9-122882d5f3f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Latrell lesson Broncos must take in Reynolds absence<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pielieshenko came back from a doping suspension to win the 2016 European under-85 kilogram division by one kilogram. He successfully retained the title in 2017 in Split.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"6ace2b63-baa7-4f1d-a643-078126fafbef\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/6ace2b63-baa7-4f1d-a643-078126fafbef\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4728\" data-height=\"3151\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pielieshenko missed out on an Olympic medal by five kilograms at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, where he placed fourth. He committed a second doping violation in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great sadness that we announce that today the heart of the honoured master of sports of Ukraine, two-time European weightlifting champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko, stopped beating,\u201d the Ukrainian weightlifting federation said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>National coach Viktor Slobodianiuk added on Facebook, \u201cWar takes the best of us&#8230; This is a very heavy loss for the entire weightlifting community of Ukraine. Heroes do not die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 400 Ukrainian athletes and officials have been killed in the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Two-time European weightlifting champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko died on the front line in the war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Olympic Committee said. 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