Guest Blog Entries
Private Pavlo Solokha, 25 years old, Team Ukraine
Veteran. Served in Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in East Ukraine from April 09, 2014, to March 25, 2015
I served with the 51st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 3rd Communications Platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I was a driver… read more.
![Private Pavlo Solokha Private Pavlo Solokha](http://www.invictusgames2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jul26_07.jpg)
Sonya Newman, 2017 Team Australia Hopeful
April 4, 2017
My continuing journey to recovery….I was finally given the OK in November last year to go home after spending two years in the hospital … read more.
![Sonya Newman Sonya Newman](http://www.invictusgames2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/3A8A0390a.jpg)
Rachel Bannerman, Vimy Ambassador
April 4, 2017
In 2015, at age 17, I, along with 15 other Beaverbrook Vimy Prize winners [A prestigious summer scholarship offered to youth 15-17 years of age … read more.
![Rachel Bannerman Rachel Bannerman](http://www.invictusgames2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/RB-3.png)
Vitaliy Smilka, 2017 Team Ukraine Competitor
Mar 14, 2017
I entered the Lviv Military Lyceum when I was 14 … read more.
![Vitaliy Smilka Vitaliy Smilka](http://www.invictusgames2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Smilka_2.jpg)
In 2003, I was deployed to Afghanistan with the NZSAS [New Zealand Special Air Service]. While on operation … read more.
![Jason Pore Jason Pore](http://www.invictusgames2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Capture-JP-3.png)
As an educator, sport enthusiast, working mother and community volunteer, the Invictus Games fulfill so many areas of my life … read more.
![Sabrina Razack Sabrina Razack](http://www.invictusgames2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20140308_175638.jpg)
Alex Krol, 2016 Team UK Competitor
Feb 6, 2017
When the accident happens, everything around you stops — your hopes, your dreams, your aspirations. What you don’t realize is that these are just on hold. Your crucial family unit breaks down … read more.
![Team UK competitor Alex Krol Team UK competitor Alex Krol](http://www.invictusgames2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/13235304_1376283889055650_6009556805931369644_o.jpg)
Volodymyr Bukovsky, 2017 Team Ukraine Competitor
Feb 6, 2017
I served on the front for almost a year and a half. I started out with the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) volunteer battalion. Then I was deployed to the village of Pisky, not far … read more.
![Team Ukraine competitor Volodymyr Bukovsky Team Ukraine competitor Volodymyr Bukovsky](http://www.invictusgames2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Bukovskiy_2.jpg)
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