On the eighth competition day of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, the Ukrainian national team won 9 medals, including 2 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze, the Ministry of Youth and Sports reports.
Thus, Ukrainian judoka Natalia Nikolaychyk won gold (weight category up to 48 kg, class J1).
Ukrainian shot putter Maria Pomazan also won gold (class F35).
The men’s goalball team, including Vasyl Oliynyk, Anton Strelchuk, Fedir Sydorenko, Yevhen Tsyganenko, Rodion Zhygalin and Oleksandr Toporkov, won two silver medals.
Ukrainian track and field athlete Oksana Boturchuk also won silver in the 100-meter dash, class T12.
Pavlo Bal won a bronze medal in the 56.8 km road race (H5 class) in the general class.
Ukrainian judokas Anzhela Havrysiuk (weight category up to 57 kg, class J1) and David Khorava (weight category up to 60 kg, class J2) won two more bronze medals.
Swimmers Danylo Chufarov (100 meters breaststroke, SB11 class) and Yaroslav Semenenko, Anna Gontar, Oleksandr Komarov and Iryna Poyda (4×50 meters medley relay) also won two bronze medals.
Currently, the Ukrainian national team ranks 7th in the medal standings with 61 medals. In particular, the team has 15 gold, 20 silver and 26 bronze medals.
