Lupita translates a Sovietski Sport interview with newly adopted Russian MAG team member, former Ukraine Olympian, Nikolai (Mykola) Kuksenkov. Nikolai Kuksenkov and his sister, journalist Irina. Courtesy of Sovietski Sport KUKSENKOV INTERVIEWED BY HIS SISTER JOURNALIST IRINA KUKSENKOVA A STOLEN MEDAL – Tell me, Kolya, when did you first ever think about going to live in Russia? – Irina, it was a long time ago, when we were living in Belgium, where Dad was the national team’s coach. You entered the Journalism School in Moscow University and I thought it would be nice to go to Russia. I was still a kid and I went back to Kiev with our parents. Later I was seriously injured before the Beijing Olympics, I had surgery and a long recovery. You remember, I came to see you in Moscow, we went to different specialists. I didn't know if I would come back to elite sport. The doctors didn’t give a very promising prognosis. At the end, I watched the Olympics on ...
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