Ukrainian Paralympic athletes have pushed through their fears and won their biggest haul of gold medals in Beijing as a crisis unfolds at home. The 2022 Winter Paralympic Games just ended in Beijing. The Ukrainian team stole the show by finishing second in the medal count, winning a record 29 medals, including 11 golds. Ukraine had only sent 20 athletes to the event, while China sent 96 athletes. On March 8, the fourth day of competition, the Ukrainian Paralympic athletes swept the podium not once, but twice. In the morning, the Ukrainian women’s standing biathlon team earned the country’s first 1-2-3 finish in the 10K middle distance event, winning the match’s top three medals. Iryna Bui took home gold, Oleksandra Kononova earned silver, and Liudmyla Liashenko won bronze. Three Ukrainian national flags were raised simultaneously at the Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza. Later that afternoon, Ukrainian men took the top five spots …