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‘Savages!’: Ukraine’s Black Olympian and Lawmaker Says He Was Verbally Attacked, Called ‘Black Monkey’ After He Won The Nation’s Sole Tokyo Gold Medal
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Angelina Velasquez | August 16, 2021
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Ukrainian wrestler Zhan Beleniuk was the sole recipient of a gold medal on his team during the Tokyo Summer Games, but his welcome back home was anything but warm.
Beleniuk won the gold in the 87-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling
event. The achievement marked a personal milestone for Beleniuk who previously took home silver during the Rio Games in 2016.
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Zhan Beleniuk (third from right) poses for a photo with coaches and members of the Ukrainian wresting team at the European Championship in April of 2021. (Photo: @zhanbeleniuk/Instagram)
But on Aug. 13, the 30-year-old shared on Facebook that even with his golden accolade he was not
exempt from racist attacks. The lengthy post is translated below from Beleniuk’s native Ukrainian.
“A few minutes ago, young men unknown to me, approached me in the center of Kiev (Pechersk), tried to provoke a conflict! Shouting out abusive things like ′′ black monkey knows
something about patriotism?!” and ′′ go to Africa!”. Thank God it didn’t come to the fight so I’m okay but…