17 awards and one historic Ukrainian podium are the result of the performance of Ukrainian para-skiers at the World Cup cross-country skiing by the national team of athletes with musculoskeletal and visual impairments. This is reported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, UNN writes.
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According to the ministry, Ukrainian para-skiers won 17 medals at the World Cup, which ended in Toblach, Italy.
Our team of athletes with musculoskeletal disorders and visual impairments, consisting of 25 pairs of skiers and 7 athletes-guides, won 1 gold, 7 silver and 9 bronze awards
It is noted that in the men's sprint race (standing class), for the first time in the history of competitions in this discipline, Ukrainians took the entire podium: Serhiy Romaniuk won gold, Seraphim Dragun won silver, and Hryhoriy Vovchynskyi won bronze.
Also, 9 skiers won high awards at the World Cup:
Sergiy Romaniuk (standing class) - 1 gold and 1 silver medal;
Pavlo Bal (sitting class) - 2 silver and 2 bronze medals;
Lyudmila Lyashenko (standing class) - 1 silver and 3 bronze medals;
Oleksandr Kazik (class of athletes with visual impairments) - 1 silver and 1 bronze medal;
Alexandra Kononova (standing class) - 1 silver medal;
Dragoon Seraphim (standing class) - 1 silver medal;
Natalia Tkachenko (class of athletes with visual impairments) - 1 bronze medal;
Hryhorii Vovchynskyi (standing class) - 1 bronze medal;
Dmytro Suyarko (class of athletes with visual impairments) - 1 bronze medal.
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