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Sergeï Bubka, 1996 © Gérard Rancinan / Courtesy Galerie Jean-Denis Walter

Sergueï Bubka: An Ukrainian Icon

Sergey Bubka is the most famous Ukrainian champion in history. In this period of support to his country, Jean-Denis Walter, former editor-in-chief of French sports newspaper L’Equipe Magazine tells the story this picture, made by the photographer Gérard Rancinan.

It was in 1996, during the winter before the Atlanta Olympic Games, in the countryside around Donetsk, Sergey Bubka’shometown at the time. That winter of 1996, all the great champions of the time had passed in front of Gérard Rancinan’s lens. Sergei ...

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