Ukrainian athletes set a world record at the track and field championships
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Ukrainian para-athletes achieved outstanding success at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in France: 13 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze medals. Maksym Koval set a world record in the shot put.
The World Athletics Championships have ended in Reims, France, with the Ukrainian national Paralympic team winning 24 medals. Paralympian Maksym Koval achieved a remarkable success in the shot put, achieving a world record of 17.40 meters.
This was reported by UNN with reference to the telegram channel of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine.
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Ukraine's national Paralympic team won 24 medals and set a world record at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Reims, France.
As it became known, Ukrainians won 13 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze medals.
The world champions are:
Maksym Koval, who won gold in the shot put. It is confirmed that the athlete achieved a world record of 17.40 meters.
Also among the gold medal winners: Vasyl Bilenko (60m hurdles); Victoria Shpachynska (shot put); Pavlo Voluykevych (1500m); Liudmyla Danylina (1500m + 800m + 3000m); Yuliia Shulyar (200m); Kyrylo Bezverkhov (high jump); Ruslana Muravska (high jump); Ruslana Muravska, Iryna Kandyba, Liudmyla Danylina, Yuliia Shulyar (women's 4x400m relay ); Yuliia Shulyar (60m run); Mykhailo Bilenko (all-around).
Recall
Ukraine's national diving team won 37 medals, including 21 gold, at the World Diving Cup in France.
The Ukrainian junior archery team won a bronze medal in the U21 block bow category at the 2024 European Indoor Archery Championships in Croatia.
