Olympics-Shooting-Ukraine shooter finds solace in silver


FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Pos. Men's Victory Ceremony - Chateauroux Shooting Centre, Deols, France - August 01, 2024. Silver medallist Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine celebrates REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo

CHATEAUROUX, France (Reuters) - With the daily worry about the impact of the war at home in Ukraine, Serhiy Kulish's silver medal means even more to him than it might have done before - as well as being redemption for having accidentally shot at a rival's target in Tokyo.

Kulish, himself a military officer, had to shift his training base from Cherkasy, in the centre of the country, to a shooting range near the Poland border.

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