“Seven checkpoints of the Russians”: The athlete told how he got out of the territory controlled by Ukraine

Andrey Protsenko reached the high jump final at the World Championships in Athletics after a difficult journey.

The 2022 World Championships in Athletics kicked off in Eugene, USA.

Ukrainian athlete Andrey Protsenko managed to surpass the qualification in the high jump discipline. For the first time in his career, he reached the decisive stage of outdoor competition. According to Protsenko, he is glad that he has overcome a series of failures.

“I was satisfied with my performance. After all, this is the seventh time I’ve been to the World Championships, and before that somehow I didn’t work out-it was at the summer championships that I didn’t get to. final. This time I succeeded, and I am full of the desire to fight more. “

Protsenko, who was in Kherson at the outbreak of a comprehensive war, told how he got into Ukrainian -controlled territory.

“I was caught by the war at home (in the Kherson region – approximately), I could not leave immediately and spent a month at work. And only after leaving work, I was able to train more or less normally. But even at home I tried to be fit in every possible way ”.

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“How were you able to leave work? I kept looking at telegram channels where people shared their experience, how and in what route it could be done. The first attempt to leave us failed, because of the path we would take. action.After this, we, with our packed suitcases, waited for a new route to appear.When one appeared, we, along with the other fellow travelers, had already left.After passing the seven checkpoints of Russians, we have reached the territory controlled by Ukraine, “Sport quotes Andrei SuspС – lne as saying.

Note that the high jump final will take place on July 19th.