From The Sunday Times
February 25, 2007
Chernobyl’s forgotten find a champion
Mark Franchetti, Moscow
MORE THAN 20 years have passed since Zoya Klimakina, an engineer, was sent to Chernobyl to help clean up after the world’s worst nuclear accident. She was exposed to radiation for weeks, has suffered from breathing difficulties since and receives a disability pension of just £100 a month.
Klimakina has now found a champion in 19-year-old Maria Sharapova, the tennis star, whose (...)