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Ukrainian high jumper Tabashnyk keeps eye on raised bar, but mind remains fixed on war
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Kharkiv, Ukraine - 9 June 2024
1. Various of Ukrainian athlete Kateryna Tabashnyk walking through ruined sports centre
2. Close of damaged basketball scoreboard
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Kateryna Tabashnyk, Ukrainian athlete:
"Here are these two areas, here was the basketball hall, and where the wooden railing ends, that was our arena, where we practiced, ran, trained. It is very sad to see all this. It is very painful, because from here I have very pleasant memories of my childhood, so to speak. I spent my early life here. I spent the whole time here. So sorry."
4. Wide of destroyed sport area
5. Various of Kateryna posing for photos on the ruins of the sports centre
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6. Wide of Kateryna running on track
7. Various of Kateryna training with a roller
8. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Kateryna Tabashnyk, Ukrainian athlete:
"I always went and called my mother after training. Mom is the person who would support and always listen, tell me things. 'Daughter, are you tired? How are you doing?' Now I'm leaving and who should I call? Who will support me? Of course, there is a sister and a brother, but mom is the closest person that no one can replace."
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Kharkiv, Ukraine - 8 June 2024
9. Various of ruins of Kateryna's mother house where she died after a Russian attack
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10. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Kateryna Tabashnyk, Ukrainian athlete:
"It happened to be that I am close to my mother. And when you lose the closest person, it hits so hard, very hard. And you can't live fully every day because some part... some part of you has been taken away, stripped away”
11. Close of Kateryna breathing in gym
12. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Kateryna Tabashnyk, Ukrainian athlete:
"This pain sometimes engulfs the whole body and seems to paralyze it, this definitely happens. And you can't always cope with it, but you have to try."
13. Various of Kateryna preparing for training
14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Kateryna Tabashnyk, Ukrainian athlete:
"Perhaps these games may not be like they have always been. They will be somewhat... Well, I think that for Ukrainians, (the Olympics) is a way to show, to make (the world) understand that the struggle is ongoing, we are alive, and we show that Ukraine is independent and strong."
15. Wide of Kateryna walking on the beach
16. Close of people looking at shell on beach
17. Various of Kateryna stretching on beach
18. Close of Kateryna on beach
STORYLINE:
Kateryna Tabashnyk’s success depends upon utter concentration on the here and now, on the height of the bar in front of her and her body’s ability to leap it.
That focus and drive is a requirement for all high-level athletes. But the 30-year-old Ukrainian high jumper’s mind wanders often to her bombarded native city of Kharkiv and the Russian missiles that have stolen so much: her mother, her apartment, a pain-free childhood for her nephew, even the fields where she trained.
Part of her is always home, she said, “and when your home has been destroyed, it feels like a large void.”
On the eve of the war, which started Feb. 24, 2022, Ukraine cancelled its athletics championship and Tabashnyk was in Kharkiv. The threat posed by thousands of Russian troops at the border, just 20 kilometers (12 miles) from her hometown, was real.
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Kharkiv, Ukraine - 9 June 2024
1. Various of Ukrainian athlete Kateryna Tabashnyk walking through ruined sports centre
2. Close of damaged basketball scoreboard
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Kateryna Tabashnyk, Ukrainian athlete:
"Here are these two areas, here was the basketball hall, and where the wooden railing ends, that was our arena, where we practiced, ran, trained. It is very sad to see all this. It is very painful, because from here I have very pleasant memories of my childhood, so to speak. I spent my early life here. I spent the whole time here. So sorry."
4. Wide of destroyed sport area
5. Various of Kateryna posing for photos on the ruins of the sports centre
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Monte Gordo, Portugal - 8 May 2024
6. Wide of Kateryna running on track
7. Various of Kateryna training with a roller
8. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Kateryna Tabashnyk, Ukrainian athlete:
"I always went and called my mother after training. Mom is the person who would support and always listen, tell me things. 'Daughter, are you tired? How are you doing?' Now I'm leaving and who should I call? Who will support me? Of course, there is a sister and a brother, but mom is the closest person that no one can replace."
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Kharkiv, Ukraine - 8 June 2024
9. Various of ruins of Kateryna's mother house where she died after a Russian attack
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Monte Gordo, Portugal - 8 May 2024
10. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Kateryna Tabashnyk, Ukrainian athlete:
"It happened to be that I am close to my mother. And when you lose the closest person, it hits so hard, very hard. And you can't live fully every day because some part... some part of you has been taken away, stripped away”
11. Close of Kateryna breathing in gym
12. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Kateryna Tabashnyk, Ukrainian athlete:
"This pain sometimes engulfs the whole body and seems to paralyze it, this definitely happens. And you can't always cope with it, but you have to try."
13. Various of Kateryna preparing for training
14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Kateryna Tabashnyk, Ukrainian athlete:
"Perhaps these games may not be like they have always been. They will be somewhat... Well, I think that for Ukrainians, (the Olympics) is a way to show, to make (the world) understand that the struggle is ongoing, we are alive, and we show that Ukraine is independent and strong."
15. Wide of Kateryna walking on the beach
16. Close of people looking at shell on beach
17. Various of Kateryna stretching on beach
18. Close of Kateryna on beach
STORYLINE:
Kateryna Tabashnyk’s success depends upon utter concentration on the here and now, on the height of the bar in front of her and her body’s ability to leap it.
That focus and drive is a requirement for all high-level athletes. But the 30-year-old Ukrainian high jumper’s mind wanders often to her bombarded native city of Kharkiv and the Russian missiles that have stolen so much: her mother, her apartment, a pain-free childhood for her nephew, even the fields where she trained.
Part of her is always home, she said, “and when your home has been destroyed, it feels like a large void.”
On the eve of the war, which started Feb. 24, 2022, Ukraine cancelled its athletics championship and Tabashnyk was in Kharkiv. The threat posed by thousands of Russian troops at the border, just 20 kilometers (12 miles) from her hometown, was real.
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