On the eighth competitive day of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, the Ukrainian national team won 9 medals, of which 2 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze. informs Ministry of Youth and Sports.
So, Ukrainian judoka Nataliya Nikolaychyk won “gold” (weight category up to 48 kg, class J1).
Ukrainian shot putter Maria Pomazan (class F35) also won gold.
Two silver medals for the men’s goalball team, including Vasyl Oliynyk, Anton Strelchuk, Fedor Sydorenko, Yevhen Tsyganenko, Rodion Zhigalin and Oleksandr Toporkov.
Ukrainian athlete Oksana Boturchuk also won silver in the 100 m race, class T12.
Pavlo Bal won “bronze” in the road race, 56.8 km, class H5) from a handbike.
Ukrainian judokas Angela Havrysiuk (weight category up to 57 kg, class J1) and David Horava (weight category up to 60 kg, class J2) won two more “bronzes”.
Swimmers Danylo Chufarov (100-meter breaststroke, SB11 class) and Yaroslav Semenenko, Anna Gontar, Oleksandr Komarov, and Iryna Poyda (4×50-meter medley relay) also won two bronze medals.
Currently, the Ukrainian national team, with 61 medals, ranks 7th in the medal standings. In particular, the team has 15 gold, 20 silver and 26 bronze awards.