成人快手

Ukraine鈥檚 athletes are preparing to represent their country at the Olympics - we speak to 400m hurdler Victoriya Tkachuk about the difficulties of training in a warzone as her brother fights on the frontline.

Greco-Roman wrestler Zhan Beleniuk won Ukraine鈥檚 only gold medal in Tokyo, and will be trying to retain it in Paris. He鈥檚 also a Ukrainian MP and told us about his opposition to the limited inclusion of Russian athletes at this year鈥檚 games.

And to discuss how the Olympics finds itself stuck in the middle of a global diplomatic row, we鈥檙e joined by Simon Chadwick, professor of sport and geopolitical economy at Skema Business School in Paris.

Today鈥檚 episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.

The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Nathan Gower. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The editor is Richard Fenton-Smith.

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