Ukraine's national Paralympic para-biathlon team won the World Championships in Canada. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, UNN reports.
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It is noted that in total, the Ukrainian team of 24 athletes won 20 awards: 8 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze.
In particular, in the pursuit race, the entire podium was Ukrainian: Bohdana Konashuk won gold, Lyudmila Lyashenko won silver, and Oleksandra Kononova won bronze.
The World Championships in Canada were the first to feature a team sprint. Lyudmyla Liashenko and Bohdana Konashuk won the gold medal in the UORA/vision category. Taras Rad and Vasyl Kravchuk won a silver medal in the sitting category
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The Ministry of Youth and Sports also published a list of Ukrainian world champions and prize-winners:
- Liudmyla Liashenko (standing class) - 3 golds (including team sprint), 1 silver;
- Taras Rad sitting class) - 2 gold, 2 silver (including team sprint);
- Oleksandr Kazik (guide Serhiy Kucheryavyi, class of athletes with visual impairments) - 2 golds, 1 bronze;
- Yaroslav Reshetynsky (guide Dmytro Dragun, class of athletes with visual impairments) - 2 silver, 1 bronze;
- Bohdana Konashuk (standing class) - 2 golds (including team sprint);
- Sergiy Romaniuk (standing class) - 2 silver medals;
- Vasyl Kravchuk (sitting class) - 1 silver (team sprint);
- Natalia Tkachenko (guide Ivan Marchyshak; class of athletes with visual impairments) - 1 bronze;
- Hryhorii Vovchynskyi (standing class) - 1 bronze medal;
- Alexandra Kononova (standing class) - 1 bronze.
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