Only 140 Ukrainian athletes will compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this year, the smallest number in the history of the country’s participation in the games, as Russia’s war has damaged or destroyed sports’ facilities and frequent air raid alerts interrupt training. At the last Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, 155 athletes qualified, which was the smallest number of Ukrainian representatives at the Olympics until 2024. The full-scale invasion has significantly affected the preparation of Ukrainian athletes for the competition in Paris, the National Olympic Committee’s (NOC) president Vadym Gutze…