Ukrainian champion killed while defending his country
Mykyta Kozubenko, a Ukrainian Master of Sport in diving, coach, and National Guard soldier, has been killed in action.
The Ukrainian Sports Committee announced the tragic news on Facebook, CE Report quotes Ukrinform.
Born and raised in Mykolaiv, Kozubenko began practicing sports from a young age and dedicated many years of his life to it. Since 2017, he had worked as a diving coach and held a second-level coaching qualification. In 2018, he graduated from Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University.
"All of this — studying, sports, training, mentoring youth — was his true life," the committee wrote. "In the country's most difficult time, Mykyta took up arms to defend his native land."
He died at the age of 31.
