Yelena Isinbaeva, two time Olympic champion in pole vaulting, member of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission, plants a tree during a visit to Hmeimim air base in Syria.

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Sofya Velikaya, left, Olympic saber fencing champion, during a visit to Hmeimim air base in Syria.

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From right: Sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev, silver medalist of the 2016 Olympics in shooting Sergei Kamensky, Yelena Isinbaeva, two time Olympic champion in pole vaulting, member of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission, and Soslan Ramonov, Olympic freestyle wrestling champion, during a visit to Hmeimim air base in Syria.

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Timur Safin, Olympic champion in foil fencing, during a visit to Hmeimim air base in Syria.

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From left in the foreground: Yelena Isinbaeva, two time Olympic champion in pole vaulting, member of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission, and Timur Safin, Olympic champion in foil fencing, during a visit to Hmeimim air base in Syria.

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Soslan Ramonov, Olympic freestyle wrestling champion, during a visit to Hmeimim air base in Syria.

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Sports commentator Dmitry Guberniyev, left, and Russian Olympians meeting with Russian military men at Russia's Hmeimim air base in Syria.

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Servicemen with the Russian Armed Forces during a meeting with Russian Olympic athletes at Hmeimim air base in Syria.

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Twice Olympic champion in pole vault and member of the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Commmittee (IOC) Yelena Isinbayeva, Olympic champion in women's saber Sofia Velikaya and Olympic champion in foil fencing Artur Akhmatuzin (from left to right) during their visit to the Hmeimim base in Syria.

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Servicemen with the Russian Armed Forces during a meeting with Russian Olympic athletes at Hmeimim air base in Syria.

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Twice Olympic champion in pole vault and member of the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Commmittee (IOC) Yelena Isinbayeva during her visit to the Hmeimim base in Syria.

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Two-time pole vault Olympic gold medalist Yelena Isinbayeva, member of the IOC Athletes' Commission, visits Russia's Hmeimim air base in Syria.

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