Two-time Olympic gold medalist Rustam Sharipov, the gymnastics coach at Ohio State, fears for his family in Ukraine. They're 5,200 miles away
There’s nothing like watching people close to you as their future evaporates in front of them. All their plans, all their hopes, all their dreams — just gone in a day, up in smoke. A total inability to help them, to console them. … It’s infuriating. For what? For one man’s mistaken reading of history? For his own ego? For his own warped understanding of legacy? for an upcoming episode of Frontline. “Putin’s Road to War,” which is scheduled to air Tuesday night.
Who in Russia dares to say otherwise? Putin has seized full control of the Russian media and cracked down on dissent to make sure that, on his side of the curtain, his message is pure. In Russia, to mention the word “war” or the word"invasion” is to risk 15 years in prison. He was born in Tajikistan, a Soviet Socialist Republic, and moved to Ukraine when he was 15. He was a Soviet Junior National gymnastics champion. After the wall fell, he won a team gold medal with the Unified Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He capped his career with his greatest achievement as an athlete: He won a gold medal in the parallel bars and a team bronze as a member of the Ukrainian team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
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