Twenty and a half thousand dollars for an Olympic medal - 33-year-old karateka Stanislav Goruna sold his bronze medal obtained last year in Tokyo via an Internet auction.

This is reported by correspondents of TSN.

The athlete will donate the money to the needs of Ukrainian defenders. He says that although this medal is the most valuable award for him in his entire sports career, Ukraine is the most valuable.

The starting price of bronze was 10 thousand dollars, during the auction it more than doubled. Who is the buyer - the athlete does not know. We only know that he is from Japan..

“$20,500 – I don’t know if it’s a lot or a little, but if some kind of body armor, helmets or other protective equipment is purchased with this money that will save someone’s life, or medicine that will help the wounded affected by the war, then this. Everything will be Ukraine, there will be other medals, there will be other goals, other victories, the glory of Ukraine,” the athlete said..