Ukraine’s national team has successfully competed at the European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, where our athletes won five different medals, including two golds, and took seventh place in the unofficial medal standings, Suspilne.Sport reported on Sunday.
The tournament featured awards in four sports: swimming, diving, open water swimming, and artistic swimming. On the seventh day of the competition, the Ukrainian national team won two gold, one silver and two bronze medals.
In total, our athletes reached 14 finals of the competition. The first gold medal was won by Oleksandr Zheltiakov, who won the 200-meter backstroke for the first time in his career. Mikhail Romanchuk also won gold in the 800-meter freestyle. In the other final, he took silver in the 1500 meters, losing only to Turkey’s Kazey Tunceli. Vladislav Bukhov finished third in the 50-meter freestyle. Another bronze medal was earned by Oleksandr Zheltiakov, Volodymyr Lisovets, Arsenii Kovalev and Ilya Lynnyk in the 4×100-meter medley relay.
Euro 2024 swimming, awards of the Ukrainian national team:
“Gold: Alexander Zheltiakov (200 m, backstroke), Mikhail Romanchuk (800 m, freestyle)
“Silver: Mikhail Romanchuk (1500 m, freestyle)
“Bronze: Vladyslav Bukhov (50 m, freestyle), Oleksandr Zheltiakov, Volodymyr Lisovets, Arsenii Kovalev, Ilya Lynnyk (4×100 meters, complex)
Euro 2024 is the last major international swimming tournament before the Summer Olympics in Paris. Four Ukrainians have Olympic licenses: Mykhailo Romanchuk, Vladyslav Bukhov, Oleksandr Zheltiakov and Denys Kesil.
