Ukraine will begin its participation in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, before the official opening of the Games, with a football match against Iraq on July 24. The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris will open on Friday, July 26, and the competitions will last until August 11.
At the same time, on July 24, the Ukrainian Olympic team will make its debut at the Olympic football tournament. In particular, the first round group stage match between Ukraine and Iraq will start at 20:00 Kyiv time.
All matches of the national team will be broadcast on the platforms of Suspilne Sport, local TV channels of Suspilne and Radio Promin.
In addition, on July 24, a fan zone for the Olympic Games will open in Urban Park at VDNKh, where the competitions will also be broadcast.
As reported, the Summer Olympics in Paris will take place from July 26 to August 11. Ukrainian athletes have received 124 licenses to participate in the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
The Ukrainian national team of 140 athletes will be represented in 26 out of 32 disciplines: badminton, boxing, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, breaking, weightlifting, cycling (mountain bike and road), rowing slalom, rowing, canoeing, artistic gymnastics rhythmic gymnastics, judo, track and field, artistic swimming, swimming, rock climbing, diving, archery, benchrest shooting, shooting, modern pentathlon, tennis, table tennis, fencing and football.
At the last Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (which took place in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic), Ukraine took 44th place in the medal standings and became the 16th country in the ranking by the total number of medals won (1 gold, 6 silver and 12 bronze). At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Ukrainian athletes won 11 Olympic medals (2 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze).
Ukrainian athletes have received 124 licenses to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris (France), said Vadym Gutzeit, president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOC).
“As of today, we have 124 licenses in total. These are 140 sportsmen and women who will participate in the Olympic Games. We have completed the selection for the Olympic Games, Ukraine finally has 124 licenses,” Gutzeit said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
According to him, on July 8, the NOC has already submitted an application to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the team composition.
The head of the NOC said that Ukraine will be represented at the Olympics in almost all sports, except for the games.
At the same time, he emphasized that for the first time since the country’s independence, the Ukrainian national football team qualified for the Olympics.
As reported, the Summer Olympics in Paris will be held from July 26 to August 11.
