Ukrainian race walker Lyudmyla Olyanovska, having covered the 5000-meter distance in 19:53.61 minutes, showed the highest result in the world in this discipline and once again rewrote the national record. This was reported by the Athletics Federation of Ukraine, according to UNN.
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As reported by the federation, the Ukrainian Athletics Championship among adults and youth and the Ukrainian All-Around Championship have started in the capital, where the best male and female athletes will compete for spots at the World Indoor Championship, which will take place in Poland in March.
The first set of awards was contested by race walkers. Having covered the 5000-meter distance in 19:53.61 minutes, Lyudmyla Olyanovska showed the highest result in the world in this discipline and once again rewrote the national record. The previous achievement – 20:26.26 minutes, set at last year's Ukrainian Indoor Championship, also belonged to Lyudmyla.
At the same time, the federation clarified that the world record requires the traditional ratification procedure.
Hanna Shevchuk took second place with a career-best result (21:43.56 minutes). Bronze went to Alina Bilorus (Sokolovska) – 25:16.67 minutes.
Among men, Serhiy Svitlychnyi won a confident victory with the best result of the season (19:07.22 minutes). Ihor Hlavan became the silver medalist (19:36.88 minutes), and Eduard Muravskyi (20:38.46 minutes) rounded out the top three with a personal record.
Recall
The XXV Winter Olympic Games-2026 have concluded, Ukraine was represented by 46 athletes, entering the top 10 eight times. The closing ceremony took place in Verona, Milan, and Cortina d'Ampezzo.