On the fourth day of the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris, representatives of the Ukrainian national team competed in 9 sports, the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine reported on its Facebook page on Wednesday.
It is reported that Ukraine ranks 35th in the medal standings with one bronze medal.
According to the results of the tournament day, Ukrainian athletes showed the following results.
Table tennis (singles): in the 1/16 finals, Margarita Pesotska lost in 5 games to Bernardet Soch from Romania (1:4) and ended her performance at the Games.
Badminton (singles): In the second round of the group stage, Polina Bugrova defeated Czech Teresa Schwabikova 1-2 (21:19, 19:21, 21:18). However, this is not enough to get out of the group.
Swimming: Denys Kesil finished 24th in the 200-meter butterfly qualifying round and did not qualify for the semifinals.
Archery: In the 1/32 finals, Mykhailo Usach lost to world ranking leader Marcus D’Almeida of Brazil (2:6).
Fencing (epee, team): in the 1/4 finals, Joan Fabi Bejura, Daria Varfolomeieva, Olena Kryvitska and Vlada Kharkiv failed to defeat the team from China (41:45).
In the tournament for the 5th-8th places, the Ukrainian team defeated Egypt (45:31) and lost to the second place in the world ranking, the South Korean team (38:45). Ukrainian fencers finished in 6th place at the Games.
Tennis: In the third round, Marta Kostiuk and Elina Svitolina played grueling three-set matches. While Marta’s match with Greece’s Maria Sakkari ended in a victory for the Ukrainian (6:4, 6:7 (5:7), 4:6), Elina was defeated by Barbara Krejcikova of the Czech Republic (6:7(5), 6:2 (4:6)).
Marta Kostiuk and Diana Yastremska withdrew from the doubles tournament in favor of the singles tournament, in which Marta is participating.
Rowing slalom (women’s single): Viktoriya Us finished 9th in the qualifiers and advanced to the semifinals.
Football (3rd round): Ukraine lost to Argentina (0:2) and ended its participation in the Olympics.
Boxing (weight category up to 80 kg): in the 1/8 finals, Oleksandr Khyzhnyak defeated ex-Ukrainian Philip Akilov, representing Hungary, by a split decision of the judges.
On July 31, Ukrainians will compete in 8 sports
