Yulia Shulyar wins gold at the 2024 Paralympics in the 400 meters

Yulia Shulyar wins gold at the 2024 Paralympics in the 400 meters

Kyiv  •  UNN

September 3 2024, 05:45 PM • 154255 views

27-year-old Ukrainian runner Yulia Shulyar won a gold medal in the 400 meters in the T12 class at the 2024 Paralympic Games. She clocked 55.16 seconds, updating her personal best and beating her Turkish rival by 0.07 seconds.

27-year-old runner Yulia Shulyar won a gold medal for Ukraine in the 400 meters in the T12 class at the 2024 Paralympic Games. This is reported by UNN with reference to Suspilne.Sport, according to UNN

Details

Shulyar qualified for the finals based on the results of the qualifying round. In her race, the Ukrainian runner showed the second best result, losing to India's Dipti Javanjee. At the same time, the Ukrainian's time (56.49 seconds), despite being her season record, was only the fifth best in the entire qualification.

However, in the final, Shulyar managed to outrun all her rivals. She even managed to update her personal record: at the finish line, she clocked 55.16 seconds, beating Turkey's Aysel Onder by only 0.07 seconds.

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Addendum

This is the first gold medal for Shulyar at the Paralympic Games. She had previously won a silver medal in the 400-meter dash at the previous Games in Tokyo.

In addition,  Ukraine's 40th medal at the 2024 Paralympics. And the 10th in athletics.

Recall

Ukrainian Paralympian Oksana Boturchuk won a bronze medal in the 400 meters at the 2024 Paralympic Games. This is her 11th Paralympic medal, which is a record for Ukraine in athletics.