Kyiv: Ukraine's gold medal-winning boxer Oleksandr Khizhniak paid a military salute to a crowd that had gathered to celebrate his return to the war-torn country from the Paris Olympics. The 29-year-old Khizniak greeted fans, friends and family as he got off the special Olympic Express train at Kyiv Central Railway Station. This athlete from Poltava is also a soldier of the border guard of Ukraine. He is the first gold medalist in the 2024 Olympics to bring this award to his country.