Ukrainian 競技者s dig 深い on day one of Winter Paralympics
Team ウクライナ共和国 made a clean sweep in the men's 見通し-impaired biathlon race
Ukrainian 競技者s showed resilience in the 直面する of the 騒動 （海，煙などが）飲み込むing their war-torn 母国 Saturday, racing to the 最高の，を越す of the メダル （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する on day one of the Beijing Winter Paralympics with an impressive 運ぶ／漁獲高 of seven.
With more than 1.2 million of their fellow 国民s now 難民s and 恐れるs of a food 危機 開始するing, the Ukrainian Paralympians on the slopes in Zhangjiakou dug 深い.
The team （人命などを）奪う，主張するd three golds, three silver and a bronze in the biathlon events, just days after an arrival in the 資本／首都 their 最高の，を越す 公式の／役人 had dubbed a "奇蹟" に引き続いて an arduous 旅行.
Host country 中国, 一方／合間, grabbed eight メダルs Saturday, 含むing two gold.
ウクライナ共和国 made a clean sweep in the men's 見通し-impaired biathlon race, with Vitalii Lukianenko, 43, 追加するing a seventh Paralympic gold to his collection and 25-year-olds Oleksandr Kazik and Dmytro Suiarko （人命などを）奪う，主張するing silver and bronze, それぞれ.
"They are my brothers in sport and brothers in life. We are really の近くに to each other," Lukianenko said after his 勝利，勝つ.
He 勧めるd his 親族s in the 包囲するd city of Kharkiv to remain strong.
"I want to dedicate this メダル to the guys who 保護する our cities," he said.
- 'For the people in ウクライナ共和国' -
ウクライナ共和国's Grygorii Vovchynskyi 献身的な his gold メダル to "the people in ウクライナ共和国"
In the men's biathlon standing event, Grygorii Vovchynskyi, 33, also used his victory to 支払う／賃金 尊敬の印 to the bravery of ウクライナ共和国's 戦闘の準備を整えた 国民s.
"ウクライナ共和国 is a big family," he said.
"My gold メダル in my first race is for peace in ウクライナ共和国, for the people in ウクライナ共和国."
Oksana Shyshkova, 30, who is visually impaired, won the women's sprint 肩書を与える in her 部類, while in the women's standing race, Liudmyla Liashenko finished second.
"メダルs mean nothing compared to the lives of 親族s and people who have 苦しむd already through war," Oksana said.
ウクライナ共和国's Oksana Shyshkova won the women's sprint 肩書を与える
A pre-race 雑談（する） to his family helped 刺激（する） Rad Taras to the silver in the men's sitting sprint biathlon -- the team's first メダル of the day.
"They're 安全な 権利 now," he told AFP.
Rad said the 大混乱／混沌とした lead-up to the event had taken a （死傷者）数.
"The last week, we spent in Italy, without any 器具／備品. We couldn't train, we just 残り／休憩（する）d and went walking," he said.
"The race was really 堅い."
He hopes the 業績／成果 will help 解除する spirits 支援する home.
"It's a big honour to wear yellow and blue colours and 代表する my country," he said.
Oksana Masters skis for Team USA but 献身的な her 勝利，勝つ to ウクライナ共和国, her country of birth
ウクライナ共和国-born Oksana Masters, who competes for Team USA, （人命などを）奪う，主張するd her sixth Paralympic gold since 2012 and 献身的な her 勝利，勝つ in the women's sitting biathlon to her country of birth.
"I'm so proud to be Ukrainian... everything I hav e learned (as) an 競技者... resilience, fighting and working hard, I learned from ウクライナ共和国," she said.
The superstar all-rounder -- cyclist, rower, biathlete and cross-country スキーヤー -- won a cycling gold at the Tokyo Summer Paralympics six months ago and said the quick 移行 支援する to winter sports had been 堅い.
- Host success -
中国 設立する luck on home turf Saturday in the biathlon and alpine skiing events on its way to two gold メダルs, three silver and three bronze.
While 終始一貫して topping the メダル 一致する at the Summer Paralympics, 中国's first メダル for the Winter Paralympics only （機の）カム in 2018, and it is hoping its largest-ever team of 96 競技者s will get more podium finishes this year.
The lead-up to the Beijing Games was marred by high 緊張 in the 競技者s' village, 脅しs of 競争 ボイコット（する）s and an eleventh-hour 逆転 by organisers of a previous 決定／判定勝ち（する） to let ロシアの 競技者s and those from 同盟（する） Belarus compete as 中立のs.
