All three injured soldiers, including two amputees, completed the 6.5km crossing on Ukraine’s Independence Day
When the 34-year-old pitched the idea to fellow veterans in their One for Another support group, none raised injuries, particularly their amputations, as a barrier. Two joined him right away.
They trained for months, with the support of Superhumans Centre, a veterans’ rehabilitation clinic in Ukraine, and coached by CapitalTRI, an amateur triathlon team in Kyiv.
They agreed their race would have another goal – to raise money for prosthetics, which remain costly and urgently needed by many of Ukraine’s wounded.
“We’re not asking for pity,” Tserkovnyi said shortly before the competition. “We’re asking for support.”
