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Sprint canoeist Yuriy Cheban, Ukraine’s most decorated male Olympian, is auctioning his two gold medals and one bronze medal to support his country’s defense and recovery efforts amid the war with Russia.

“It was one of the best moments of my life that can be compared only with the birth of my child,” Cheban posted specifically about his repeat 200m gold at his last Olympics in Rio in 2016. “This Olympic finish left a great memory forever in the world history and in the hearts of Ukraine.

“Time to move on, I would like these medals to benefit Ukrainians once again.”

Cheban, a 36-year-old who coached Ukraine canoeists at the Tokyo Games, took 500m bronze in 2008 before his 200m golds in 2012 and 2016, all in individual races.

He and boxer Vasiliy Lomachenko are the only men to win two Olympic gold medals for Ukraine, which began competing independently in 1994. Cheban is the only man to win three total Olympic medals for Ukraine, according to Olympedia.org.

Swimmer Yana Klochkova won the most medals for Ukraine — four golds and five total.

All proceeds from the sales will go to Ukraine’s Olympic Circle charity, according to SCP Auctions.

Olympic Circle was created by sportsmen to help Mykolaiv, a city in southern Ukraine, fight Russian occupants, according to SCP.

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NBC Sports and Peacock combine to air live coverage of the 2022-23 Alpine skiing season, including races on the World Cup, which starts this weekend.

Coverage begins with the traditional season-opening giant slaloms in Soelden, Austria, this Saturday and Sunday, streaming live on Peacock.

The first of four stops in the U.S. — the most in 26 years — is Thanksgiving weekend with a women’s giant slalom and slalom in Killington, Vermont. The men’s tour visits Beaver Creek, Colorado the following week, as well as Palisades Tahoe, California, and Aspen, Colorado after worlds in Courchevel and Meribel, France.

NBC Sports platforms will broadcast all four U.S. stops in the Alpine World Cup season, plus four more World Cups in other ski and snowboard disciplines. All Alpine World Cups in Austria will stream live on Peacock.

Mikaela Shiffrin, who last year won her fourth World Cup overall title, is the headliner. Shiffrin, who has 74 career World Cup race victories, will try to close the gap on the only Alpine skiers with more: Lindsey Vonn (82) and Ingemar Stenmark (86). Shiffrin won an average of five times per season the last three years and is hopeful of racing more often this season.

On the men’s side, 25-year-old Swiss Marco Odermatt returns after becoming the youngest man to win the overall, the biggest annual prize in ski racing, since Marcel Hirscher won the second of his record eight in a row in 2013.

2022-23 Alpine Skiing World Cup Broadcast Schedule
Schedule will be added to as the season progresses. All NBC Sports TV coverage also streams live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

Date	Coverage	Network/Platform	Time (ET)
Sat., Oct. 22	Women’s GS (Run 1) – Soelden (PPD)	Peacock	4 a.m.
	Women’s GS (Run 2) – Soelden (PPD)	Peacock	7:05 a.m.
Sun., Oct. 23	Men’s GS (Run 1) — Soelden	Peacock	4 a.m.
	Men’s GS (Run 2) – Soelden	Peacock	7 a.m.
Sat., Nov. 12	Women’s Parallel (Qualifying) — Lech (PPD)	Peacock	6 a.m.
	Women’s Parallel (Finals) — Lech (PPD)	Peacock	12 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 13	Men’s Parallel (Qualifying) — Lech (PPD)	Peacock	4 a.m.
	Men’s Parallel (Finals) — Lech (PPD)	Peacock	10 a.m.
Sat., Nov. 19	Women’s SL (Run 1) — Levi	Skiandsnowboard.live	4 a.m.
	Women’s SL (Run 2) — Levi	Skiandsnowboard.live	7 a.m.
Sun., Nov. 20	Women’s SL (Run 1) — Levi	Skiandsnowboard.live	4:15 a.m.
	Women’s SL (Run 2) — Levi	Skiandsnowboard.live	7:15 a.m.
Fri., Nov. 25	Men’s DH — Lake Louise (PPD)	Skiandsnowboard.live	2:30 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 26	Women’s GS (Run 2) — Killington	NBC, Peacock	12:30 p.m.
	Men’s DH — Lake Louise	Skiandsnowboard.live	2:30 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 27	Women’s SL (Run 2) — Killington	NBC, Peacock	12:30 p.m.
	Men’s SG — Lake Louise	Skiandsnowboard.live	2:15 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 2	Women’s DH — Lake Louise	Skiandsnowboard.live	2 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 3	Women’s DH — Lake Louise	Skiandsnowboard.live	2:30 p.m.
	Men’s DH — Beaver Creek	CNBC, Peacock	4 p.m.*
	Men’s DH — Beaver Creek	NBC, Peacock	5 p.m.*
Sun., Dec. 4	Women’s SG — Lake Louise	Skiandsnowboard.live	1 p.m.
	Men’s SG — Beaver Creek	NBC, Peacock	5 p.m.*

*Delayed broadcast.

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