Olympic fencing champion Olha Kharlan announced that she is expecting a child. The 35-year-old athlete shared the news on Instagram by posting a video with her beloved. In the frame, the future parents are tenderly hugging, and the Italian fencer Luigi Samuele kisses and embraces Kharlan's belly. In the caption to the video, the athlete wrote: «The best chapter is about to begin».
Kharlan shared this on social media.
Olha Kharlan announced her pregnancy on social media
The news quickly gathered hundreds of congratulations. In the comments to the post, the couple was supported by Ukrainian stars, including:
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singers MamaRika and Lida Lee
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actors Artur Logai and Oleksiy Surovstev
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TV presenter Alina Dorotiuk
Relations between Olha Kharlan and Luigi Samuele
As we know, Olha Kharlan and Luigi Samuele have known each other since their teenage years. During their first meeting, she was 15 years old and he was 18. However, the romantic relationship between the athletes started much later - after Kharlan's divorce from Ukrainian fencer Dmytro Boyko.
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The couple does not often share details of their personal life, but they decided to announce the news of the upcoming addition publicly. This will be Kharlan's first child.
Recall that a documentary film «I Want to Be Like Kharlan» was released on the First Channel of Public Broadcasting, telling the story of two athletes. The film covers the key moments of the career of the famous fencer Olha Kharlan and the initial steps in sport of young Ania Loseva, who began her journey from a small town in Kirovohrad region.