Happy birthday my beloved Ukraine! You give me purpose of living!🇺🇦 Athletes do feel the independence of their country like no other: without it we would not be standing on the podiums, we would have no purpose. I’ve been carrying Ukrainian flag in international competitions since 2001 - the very first swimming championship what happened for me in Paris. 21 years later still holding it up. This year at dance floor apparently :). #ukraine #independenceday #stopwarinukraine