Ukrainian biathlete Anastasiia Laletina withdrew from the 2022 Beijing Paralympics and did not participate in Tuesday's scheduled race because her father, who is a soldier in the Ukrainian army, was captured by Russian troops as part of their military's invasion into her home country.
Team spokesperson Nataliia Harach confirmed as much to Chris Bumbaca of USA Today and said, "They beat him."
Harach also said the house of an assistant coach was bombed in Kharkiv.
What's more, Ukrainian biathlete Dmytro Suiarko won the bronze medal in the middle distance vision impaired after his house was destroyed by Russian shelling.