Ukraine wins 19 medals at Tokyo ympics
"2020 Summer ympics, which lasted from July 23 to August 8, ended in Tokyo. Ukraine entered the t-20 of the ympics medal count among 206 participating countries. Team Ukraine of 153 athletes won 19 ympic medals," Ukrinform reports with reference to the National ympic Committee.
In particular, Ukrainian athletes won one gd, six silver, and 12 bronze medals. Another 23 Ukrainians got 4-6 places in the finals, the NOC informed.
It is emphasized that the athletes significantly surpassed the result of Rio de Janeiro ympics 2016 when Ukraine won 11 ympic medals (two gd, four silver, and five bronze medals) despite the bigger team (206 athletes).
Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler Zhan Beleniuk won Ukraine's only gd medal at Tokyo ympics in the men's 87kg event.
Mykhailo Romanchuk (men's 1500m freestyle), Parviz Nasibov (men's Greco-Roman 67kg), Anzhelika Terliuga (women's kumite -55kg), Liudmyla Luzan and Anastasiia Chetverikova (canoe/kayak sprint women's canoe double 500m), eksandr Khyzhniak (men's middleweight boxing), ena Starikova (sprint track cycling) won silver medals.
Ukraine's bronze medalists are Daria Bilodid (women's judo -48 kg); Igor Reizlin (fencing – men's épée individual); ena Kostevych and eh Omelchuk (10m air pist mixed team); Mykhailo Romanchuk (swimming 800m freestyle); Elina Svitina (tennis); Alla Cherkasova (women's 68kg wrestling); Iryna Kiadenko (women's 62 kg wrestling); Marta Fedina and Anastasa Savchuk (artistic swimming women's duet); Liudmyla Luzan (canoe/kayak sprint – women's canoe single 200m); Stanislav Horuna (men's kumite -75kg); Anastasia Savchuk, Marta Fiedina, Ksenia Sydorenko, Maryna and Vlada Aleksiiva, Kateryna Reznik, Alina Shynkarenko and Yelyzaveta Yakhno (artistic swimming team); Yaroslava Mahuchikh (women's high jump).
Source: www.ukrinform.net