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Ukrainian double European champion weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko has died on the frontline of his country's war with Russia.
The 30-year-old won European Championship gold in 2016 and 2017, also finishing fourth in the 85kg category at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Pielieshenko joined Ukraine's armed forced shortly after Russia invaded in 2022, the country's Olympic Committee said.
His Instagram account documented the dramatic shift in Pielieshenko's life from lifting weights in the gym to combat training and deployment to the front lines.
Pictures show the former Olympian in army camouflage gear firing guns and mortars in combat.
Ukrainian double European champion weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko, 30, has died on the frontline of his country's war with Russia
