Ukraine wins the Winter Deaflympics for the first time in history, winning a record 19 medals

Ukraine wins the Winter Deaflympics for the first time in history, winning a record 19 medals

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At the 2023 Deaflympics in Erzurum (Turkey), the Ukrainian national team won 19 awards, including 10 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals, taking first place in the medal standings for the first time.

The Ukrainian national team won the Winter Deaflympics in Turkey for the first time. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, UNN reports.

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At the Deaflympics 2023 in Erzurum, Turkey 🇹🇷, our team won 19 awards and became the first in the medal standings! The second place went to the Chinese team with 7 gold medals, and the third place went to the Austrian team with 6 gold medals

- the department said. 

In total, Ukraine won 10 gold medals, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals. 

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It is noted that on the final day of the competition, Ukrainian women won a gold medal in chess. The composition of the champion team Ukraine-1: Tetiana Baklanova, Natalia Myronenko and Svitlana Honchar.

Overall, Ukraine's chess team took second place among the countries participating in the chess battles.

Addendum

The Ministry adds that Ukrainian Deaflympians have more than doubled the gold medal result of the previous Deaflympics - 2019, which were historic in terms of medals (4 gold, 4  silver and 3 bronze).

Also, for the first time, Ukrainian athletes with hearing impairments took first place in cross-country skiing and curling.

Recall

Ukraine's National Paralympic Para-Biathlon team won 20 awards, including 8 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze medals at the World Championships in Canada.