After fleeing to Lviv in western Ukraine last year, Yakhno received an unexpected invitation from Canada Artistic Swimming to work with athletes at a training camp in Budapest, Hungary
SANTIAGO, Chile — Lyza Yakhno went from standing on the Olympic podium for Ukraine to standing poolside for Canada at the Pan American Games.
"They attacked, like, every day 100 rockets on the city, on the people," Yakhno said Tuesday in Santiago, Chile. "One day I was in my apartment with my boyfriend, my mom and his friends and the rocket came in 20 metres beside my apartment. Another invitation to help Canada's team before and during the 2022 world championship in Budapest was extended. Yakhno was then encouraged to apply for a job posting as an assistant coach.
Yakhno spoke next to no English when CAS first contacted her, but she did a few weeks later when she interviewed for the job.Yakhno began working with the national team in Montreal after her arrival in Canada on Sept. 17, 2022. The country that wins team gold in Santiago qualifies both team and duet for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The highest-ranked duet not from the gold-medal country also qualifies for Paris.
"I really like that Lyza has an athlete perspective. When she coaches us, when she's giving a correction, I know she feels what we're doing," Lamothe said. "It's very nice for us to have her perspective because it's really different from other coaches.
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