‘We lived one day at a time’: how Ukraine’s Paralympians kept their dream alive

Displaced from their homes and bombed-out training facilities, Ukraine’s Paralympic swimmers have somehow still made it to ParisAt the near end of the pool hangs a banner depicting a soldier, standing in a field of golden corn underneath a rich blue sky. A column of tanks stretches behind him and overhead flies a national flag that the scene’s essential elements are designed to replicate. “I believe in the armed forces, glory to Ukraine!” reads the accompanying slogan. Be