Journey from a Ukrainian orphanage to the Paralympic stage

For Ukrainian Para badminton players Oksana Kozyna and Oleksandr Chyrkov, one face among the massed Paris 2024 Paralympics crowds meant more than any other. Svitlana Shabalaina was a teacher at the Dnipro orphanage for children with disabilities that they both grew up in, alongside fellow Paralympic stars Zoya Ovsiy and Anton Koi.

Get to know their journeys to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.