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Oleksandra Paskal, an 8-year old girl with a prosthetic leg, practices rhythmic gymnastics with other girls in Chornomorsk, Odesa region, Ukraine, Thursday, May 16, 2024. When Oleksandra first took to the mat as a 4-year-old, her rhythmic gymnastics coach saw nothing but potential in a sport where the Olympics is the ultimate goal. Then a Russian missile crushed her summer house in the southern Odesa region, burying her beneath the debris and severing her left leg. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)