
Eight-year-old Marynа Ponomariova from Kherson Oblast has become the first girl wearing an above-knee prosthesis to ski down a slope with a coach, setting a national record. It took her 46 second to went down a 50-meter ski slope. She lost her leg in May 2022 during a Russian shelling. Maryna is still undergoing rehabilitation, working with a psychologist and continuing to get used to the prosthesis. Source: Okhmatdyt National Children's Specialised Hospital

















