Ukraine will participate for the second time in the Unconquered Games

30.01.2018 00:35

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After a successful trip to Canada last year, Ukrainian athletes are going to compete in Australia.

This year with the support of FFU will kick-off All-Ukrainian tournament for ATO veterans who received serious injuries and injuries, "Cup of the Unconquered". These competitions should help prepare for the International Unconquered Games, which will be hosted by Sydney this year.

In general, the games have been held three times so far: in 2014 the first competitions were hosted by Great Britain, in 2016 the US took over the baton, in 2017 veterans of combat operations gathered in Canada, where Ukraine was represented by 15 participants and won 14 medals. From the 20th to the 27th of October 2018, the fourth Games of the Unconquered will be held in Australia. Sports facilities built and reconstructed for the 2018 Commonwealth Games will be used for the competition.

Ukraine will participate in the Games for the second time. Inviting our athletes to compete in Canada in 2017, the organizers noted that the Ukrainian army is one of the largest in Europe, and part of it is involved in combat. Since 1992, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been active participants in many exercises and peacekeeping missions under the auspices of the United Nations and NATO, and ships of the Ukrainian Navy have participated in anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia.

Let's add that football is still missing from the sports at the Unconquered Games. But Ukraine aims to gain the right to play games over time and to ensure that football is included in the competition program.