I closed my eyes to what really bothered me Russian guns, flags, currency, she says.
It was a big lesson in working through fear. Her grandmother had become the Soviet Union's champion on the same cliffs in the 1960s.
Jenya Kazbekova has decided she must keep competing not for myself, but for my country, to provide hope for Ukrainians.
Kazbekova considered boycotting competitions: Should I put my career on hold? The world didn't care enough to do anything.
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