Oleksandr Pielieshenko, a Ukrainian Olympic weightlifter, died at the age of 30 while fighting on the frontlines of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation (UWF) announced on Monday, per ABC News.
"It is with great sadness that we inform you that the heart of merited master of sports of Ukraine... Oleksandr Pielieshenko has stopped beating today," the UWF said in a post on Facebook. "We express our sincere condolences to the family and everyone who knew Oleksandr."
According to Sean Ingle of The Guardian, Pielieshenko is the first Olympian to die in the Russia-Ukraine War.