Ukrainians Liudmyla Luzan and Anastasiia Rybachok won a silver medal in the 500m canoe double sprint at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
The athletes covered the distance in 1:54.30 minutes.
China took the first place in this event, and Canada came in third.
High jumper Iryna Gerashchenko won a bronze medal in the women’s high jump final at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Iryna Gerashchenko and Australia’s Eleanor Patterson are tied for third place. At the same time, high jumper Yaroslava Maguchikh won the gold medal in the women’s high jump at the Olympic Games.
Ukrainian athlete Mykhailo Kokhan won a bronze medal in the hammer throw final at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Kokhan threw the projectile 79 meters 39 cm. Canadian Ethan Katzberg became the Olympic champion with a distance of 84 m 12 cm, and Hungarian Halas Benze took second place with a distance of 79 m 97 cm.
Ukraine’s women’s sabre fencing team has won gold at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
In the final, the Ukrainians defeated the Republic of Korea 45:42.
The Olympic champions in team sabre are: Olga Harlan, Alina Komashchuk, Olena Kravatska and Yulia Bakastova.
This is Ukraine’s third medal and first gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Ukrainian sabre fencer Olha Harlan won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in a duel against Korean Choi Sibin, thus winning the first medal for the Ukrainian national team in the unofficial medal standings.
The match on Monday began with Harlan’s attacks, but the Korean seized the initiative and finished the first match with a score of 8:3, bringing it to 11:5 in the second match, but Harlan regained the initiative and held a series of seven successful shots in a row, bringing the score to 12:11. However, the Korean scored two successful touches to level the score at 13-13. The final two attacks were left to the Ukrainian, and the match ended with a score of 15:14.
For Olga Harlan, this is the fifth Olympic award in her career.
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).
