Vai al lettorePassa al contenuto principale
  • 1 giorno fa
Sono onorato e felice per il modo in cui l’Italia e la sua gente mi hanno trattato». Vladyslav Heraskevych, lo snowboarder ucraino squalificato dal Comitato Olimpico Internazionale (Cio) per il suo casco con le foto di 24 atleti connazionali morti nella guerra contro la Russia, mostra orgoglio e amarezza mostrandolo a Kiev. «L’applauso alla cerimonia di apertura a Cortina con il mio team rimarrà con me per sempre».Squalificato per quel gesto di memoria – «Una decisione ingiusta, ma lo rifarei» –, Heraskevych ha trovato in Italia un sostegno spontaneo. «Ho visto ucraini applaudirmi nel centro di Cortina, gente che cantava le nostre canzoni. Anche il Parlamento ci ha appoggiato. È stato commovente, prima ancora del mio caso». Quel calore, precisa, dimostra che «le sofferenze dell’Ucraina non sono dimenticate».Ma la gioia si scontra con lo sdegno per i prossimi Giochi Paralimpici, al via il 6 marzo in Italia. «È una vergogna la partecipazione di russi e bielorussi, forse con la loro bandiera. Atleti che non si sono qualificati, un regalo anomalo. Dall’invasione non avevano mai corso all’estero, e ora cambiano le regole: bandiere sui caschi, senza sanzioni». Peggio, aggiunge: «Circa 300 candidati russi sarebbero invalidi di guerra, ex soldati che ieri combattevano contro di noi. Il capo del comitato russo lo ammette: nessun filtro. Uccidono l’Ucraina con la propaganda di Mosca».Heraskevych deduce uno scandalo: «Il Cio fa il gioco di Mosca, rivela la sua faccia autentica. Lo sport ne esce male». Le famiglie degli atleti morti lo hanno sommerso di affetto: «Una mamma in lacrime sulla tomba del figlio: ‘Vedi? Anche da morto ti temono’». L’idea del casco? «Tre-quattro settimane prima delle Olimpiadi, ma l’avevo già fatto. Un segno di rispetto per chi ha dato la vita».

Categoria

🗞
Novità
Trascrizione
00:04Siamo qui a Kiev, Vladislav è ritornato al nostro paese in Ucraina, ci mostra il ciasco
00:11che è stato al cuore di tutta la polemica degli ultimi giorni e ci ha sottolineato in
00:20questa sede qui al Media Center di Kiev che in Italia ha avuto un grande sostegno, si
00:26ha sentito davvero accompagnato in tutta questa vicenda.
00:31Forza Italia e slava Ucraina!
00:33Grazie.
00:35Grazie.
00:35Grazie.
00:35Grazie.
00:36Grazie.
00:37Grazie.
00:38Grazie.
00:41Grazie.
00:44So, I also read some statements from Mr. Rajkov, head of Russian Paralympic Committee.
00:49He also told that more than in Russian media it was information that more than 300 people
00:57who were injured from already this full-scale war in Ukraine.
01:01They became part of the Paralympic teams and national teams.
01:06And also on request of Ukrainian media, Mr. Craig Spence, he is spokesman of International
01:13Paralympic Committee.
01:14He also told that they don't have any verification process because they don't have any special rules
01:21for the satellites.
01:22So, it's an option.
01:25We don't know.
01:27We don't know.
01:28We don't know if the satellites were on the front line or not.
01:31And even if they were on the front line, it makes no difference for the Paralympic Committee.
01:36So, yes, we can end up in situation when people who were killing Ukrainians yesterday
01:42on the front line, today they continue to kill Ukrainians by spreading Russian propaganda.
01:48So, yes, I see logic and I apparently got it.
01:52You're talking about the reaction in Italy.
01:54Again, we are now on record.
01:56Is there any specificity to the record?
02:01Yeah, I saw Parliament statement and a deputy from Parliament.
02:07But it was huge.
02:09I remember also a guy on a press conference in Milano and he was asking me about Italy and
02:15about support of people.
02:16And, but for me, I think most memorable it was these uploads on an opening ceremony.
02:21And I think it's also important that it was not, it was not this qualification scandal
02:26yet and everything.
02:27So, people just were supporting.
02:28And I think it was for me like very important that we don't have like some special situation
02:33to do.
02:33It was just, just purely, purely act to support us on opening ceremony.
02:40And I think it was, it was a great moment.
02:42Last question.
02:43Let me ask, when did you decide to put this picture?
02:47It was around three, four weeks prior Olympics.
02:50And what was the element issue to do?
02:53What was the fact to it?
02:55It was not the first time when I tried to honor all the people who was, who died during
03:02during the last four years.
03:03First time it was in season 24-25 when I put on my sled quote of great person, Petro
03:12Petrchenko.
03:13And it was a quote in translation is a little bit hard, but all beautiful people remain optimistic.
03:20And it was his quote, but on Ukrainian, on my sled.
03:24And it's, I would say it, I was consistent, consistent on that.
03:28But when we, we got to point when, when we were preparing the Olympics, I was thinking
03:34about more, most of the supporters want also to be at some point of life, want to be Olympians.
03:44because many of them was part of the Olympics course, some of them was just want to visit
03:49it as a fence, because I knew that they supported us a lot.
03:53And I think I decided that I want to put them on a helmet.
03:58I want them to come to Olympics with me and be part of this Olympic Games.
04:02Thank you.
04:03Thank you.
04:03Thank you very much.
04:04Thank you.
04:05Thank you.
Commenti

Consigliato