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Vyshyvanka run held in New York
More than a hundred participants ran 2.5 miles (about 4 km), starting near the Ukrainian Institute of America.
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After the "adult" race, the children had to overcome a 100-meter distance.
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Anna Shpook, the founder of the Ukrainian Running Club New York, said the event, initiated in Ukraine, had been held simultaneously in different cities across the globe.
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According to her, the club has been operating since 2007, and this run in traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirts was already the sixth one. Participants in the run could make a donation. The funds will be used for humanitarian purposes in Ukraine, Shpook said.
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"In addition, our goal is to once again draw the public's attention to Ukraine in connection with our national holiday, as well as six months of Russia's all-out war against Ukraine," she said.