Ukrainian 二塁打 European 支持する／優勝者 weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko, 30, dies fighting Russia as his wife 支払う／賃金s emotional 尊敬の印

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Ukrainian 二塁打 European 支持する／優勝者 weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko has died on the frontline of his country's war with Russia.

The 30-year-old won European 選手権 gold in 2016 and 2017, also finishing fourth in the 85kg 部類 at the Rio 2016 オリンピック.

Pielieshenko joined ウクライナ共和国's 武装した 軍隊d すぐに after Russia 侵略するd in 2022, the country's Olympic 委員会 said.

His Instagram account 文書d the 劇の 転換 in Pielieshenko's life from 解除するing 負わせるs in the gym to 戦闘 training and （軍隊などの）展開，配備 to the 前線 lines.

Pictures show the former Olympian in army 偽装する gear 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing guns and 迫撃砲s in 戦闘.

Ukrainian 二塁打 European 支持する／優勝者 weightlifter?Oleksandr Pielieshenko, 30, has died on the frontline of his country's war with Russia?

His wife Diana 地位，任命するd an emotional Instagram 尊敬の印 after finding out news of his death

Pielieshenko finished fourth in the under 85kg 競争 at the 2016 Rio オリンピック

His wife Diana Pielieshenko 地位，任命するd a ビデオ of their wedding dance from 2021, 令状ing: 'I am thankful for everything!

'It 傷つけるs me very much that I could have said different things in one 状況／情勢 or another and it's good that I was able to talk to you before you left.

'I know that you have always been my 塀で囲む. Thank you for the five years but you didn't have to leave so soon. You loved movement and life very much.'

Pictures on his Instagram account showed the couple together over Christmas and New Year before he returned to service.

'It is with 広大な／多数の／重要な sadness that we 発表する that today the heart of the honoured master of sport s of ウクライナ共和国, two-time European weightlifting 支持する／優勝者 Oleksandr Pielieshenko, stopped （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing,' the Ukrainian Weightlifting 連合 said on Facebook.

国家の coach Viktor Slobodianiuk said: 'War takes the best of us… This is a very 激しい loss for the entire weightlifting community of ウクライナ共和国. Heroes do not die.'

The couple married in 2021 and had been together for five years

Pielieshenko 定期的に 地位，任命するd Instagram pictures from the frontline as he fought the ロシアのs

He 調印するd up for the Ukrainian 武装した 軍隊d すぐに after Russia 侵略するd in February 2022

Pielieshenko was banned from competing until 2026 because of a failed 麻薬s 実験（する） in 2018 that （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd the masking スパイ／執行官 chlorthalidone. He was 以前 banned between 2013 and 2015.

The Associated 圧力（をかける） said more than 400 Ukrainian 競技者s and 公式の／役人s have been killed in the war.