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Sportshour: Ukraine swimmer Leonid Grigoriev discusses rescuing his family from Mariupol

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26/03/2022 GMT

Ukraine swimmer Leonid Grigoriev discusses rescuing his family from Mariupol

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Ukraine swimmer Leonid Grigoriev discusses rescuing his family from Mariupol

Leonid Grigoriev describes the devastation brought about by the Russian Army.

Leonid Grigoriev tells us how he returned to his home city of Mariupol to rescue his parents this week. Grigoriev – who swims for Ukraine’s national team – describes the devastation brought about by the Russian Army and says his car was almost hit by a bomb during his rescue mission. He says residents of the city looked like they were ready to give up their lives and that he also helped evacuate a woman and her child to Poland.

Former Australia netball and Australian Rules Football player Sharni Norder gives us her thoughts on what could be next for Ash Barty after she announced her retirement from tennis this week. Barty has already enjoyed success in cricket, so could she make the move to Netball or Aussie Rules next?

Faye West tells us about being one of only two women on Great Britain’s wheelchair rugby team at the recent European Championships and how her long-term goal is to make the team for the next Paralympics.

Lavonte Stewart and Jalil Anderson from Lost Boyz explain how they use baseball to tackle youth violence and positively change the lives of boys and girls in Chicago. Stewart was inspired to start the project after a little league team he was coaching witnessed gun violence. 

And – In Sporting Witness we go back to March 1981, when women were allowed to compete for the first time in the Vasaloppet race in Sweden, the world's most popular cross-country skiing event.

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