Ukraine’s Figure Skater Faces War’s Toll While Bearing National Hopes at the Olympics

As Kyiv remains under threat from Russia’s unrelenting aggression, Ukrainian figure skater Kyrylo Marsak embodies more than athletic grit — he represents a nation fighting for survival and sovereignty. At just 21 years old, Marsak carries the heavy burden of being Ukraine’s sole figure skater at the Milan Cortina Winter Games, skating through exhaustion and anxiety intensified by his family’s front-line sacrifices.How Can One Athlete Carry a Nation's Struggle on Ice?Marsak’s journey to these Olympics is marked by hardship that most Americans can barely imagine. His father fights in the Ukrainian army amid brutal frontline conditions; his mother braces daily...