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February 20, 2014 10:01 pm GMT

Ukraine Olympian Will Sit Out: 'I Hope I Will Be Heard by the World'

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It's only a two-hour plane ride from Sochi, Russia, to Kiev, Ukraine. But the two European cities might as well be in different centuries right now

In Sochi, the Winter Olympics are playing out with pageantry and optimism. In Kiev, smoke, ash and blood fill the streets. Ongoing violence between police and protesters of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych morphs into what increasingly resembles all-out war. Meanwhile, the 43 athletes Ukraine sent to Russia for the games sit suspended between the two worlds

See also: Live: Chaos in Kiev as Death Toll Climbs

For at least two members of Ukraine's Olympic team, the situation has become too much. "I don't want to participate when in my country people die," skier Bogdana Matsotska told the Associated Press on Thursday. She will sit out the rest of the games in protest of the violence Read more...

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