Alexander will receive at least a bronze medal.
Ukrainian boxer Alexander Khizhnyak reached the semifinals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and will definitely not be left without a medal.
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In the quarterfinals The 28-year-old “Poltava Tank” defeated the 23-year-old Brazilian Vanderlei Pereira, who is the silver medalist of the 2023 World Championship.
The fight lasted all three rounds and ended with the triumph of the Ukrainian by unanimous decision of the judges.
Thus, Khizhnyak guaranteed himself at least a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics. The boxing tournament regulations do not provide for a fight for third place, and the “bronze” will go to both athletes who lose in the semi-finals.
Note that this was Khizhnyak's second fight at the 2024 Olympics. In his opening fight, he knocked out Ukrainian Filip Akilov, who represented Hungary.
Khizhnyak is a silver medalist at the 2020 Olympics. At the Tokyo Games, he competed in the 75 kg weight category and lost by knockoutin the final, missing the chance to win a gold medal.
Khizhnyak is the only one of the three Ukrainian boxers who continues to compete at the 2024 Olympics. Earlier, at the start of the tournament in the over 92 kg weight class, Dmitry Lovchinsky lost by knockout, and Ayder Abduraimov (weight class up to 57 kg) lost by unanimous decision.
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Ukraine is represented at the XXXIII Summer Olympics by 140 athletes who compete in 23 sports. The Paris Games will last until August 11.
Earlier, Ukraine has already won two medals at the 2024 Olympics: Olha Kharlan won “bronze” in individual sabre, and Serhiy Kulish won “silver” in rifle shooting in three positions at a distance of 50 meters.
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