Dmitri Khristich, Yelena Vitrichenko, Sergei Golubitsky

Ukraine's sport stars, from left to right: Dmitri Khristich, hockey NHL star, Yelena Vitrichenko, rhythmic gymnast World champion and Sergei Golubitsky, fencing World champion, smile as they agitate for their candidate incumbent president Leonid Kuchma during a pre-election campaign meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday, October 15, 1999, two weeks before the the October 31 elections - Ukraine's third presidential vote since the former Soviet republic gained independence in 1991. UNIAN photo