Sergiy Kulish wins silver for Ukraine at the Olympics in Paris
Kyiv • UNN
On the sixth day of the Olympic Games in Paris, Serhiy Kulish won a silver medal in shooting. Ukrainian athletes competed in six sports, and Ukraine ranks 35th in the medal standings.
On the sixth day of the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris, representatives of the Ukrainian national team competed in six sports, with shooter Serhiy Kulish winning a silver medal, the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine reported on Friday on its Telegram channel, UNN reports .
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It is reported that Ukraine ranks 35th in the medal standings with one silver and one bronze medal.
According to the results of the tournament day, our athletes showed the following results.
Shooting (small-caliber rifle 50m, shooting from three positions). Sergiy Kulish - silver medalist of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
Athletics (20km race walk). Three Ukrainian women finished in the top 20. Lyudmyla Olyanovska was the best, finishing 14th (1:29.55). Maria Sakharuk was 17th (1:30.12), and Olena Sobchuk was 20th (1:31.12). Our only representative in this discipline among men, Ihor Hlavan, took 40th place (1:24.52)
Archery. Veronika Marchenko defeated Li Tsai-Chi from Chinese Taipei in the 1/32 finals 6-4, but lost in the 1/16 to Alejandra Valencia from Mexico 4-6, ending her participation in the Olympics.
Judo (weight category up to 78 kg). Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko defeated Loriana Kuku from Kosovo in the opening bout, but lost by shido in the 1/4 finals to the current world vice-champion Alice Bellanda from Italy. She was prevented from continuing her fight for bronze in the consolation bracket by Chinese Ma Zhenzhao. As a result, the Ukrainian took seventh place.
Swimming. Vladyslav Bukhov, the current world champion in the 50-meter freestyle, qualified for the semifinals in 11th place (21.89s). In the semifinals, the Ukrainian improved his time to 21.76 seconds, but took 11th place, which did not allow him to qualify for the final.
Tennis. Sisters Liudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok competed with a couple from Spain, Cristina Buxa and Sara Sorribes Tormo, to reach the semifinals. As a result, the girls lost in the tiebreaker - 3:6, 6:2, 10:12 and finished their performances at the Games.
On August 2, Ukrainians will take the starting line in 7 sports.
