Ukraine has won its first medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris in canoeing. It was won by 36-year-old Mykola Sinyuk, who finished third in the final of the single kayak class KL2, according to Suspilne Sport, UNN reports.
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In the final, Sinyuk showed a quick reaction at the start, but for a long time he was in fourth place. However, at the finish line, the Ukrainian managed to snatch a medal: he clocked 42.61 seconds, beating Austrian Mandy Svoboda by only 0.02 seconds.
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This is the second time Synyuk has won a Paralympic award: in 2020, he won a silver medal.
Canoeing is the 10th sport in which Ukraine has won a medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris.