Alexander won Ukraine's third gold medal at the Games in Paris.
On the night of August 8, Ukrainian boxer Alexander Khyzhnyak won a gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
In an extremely In a difficult final fight, the 29-year-old “Poltava Tank” defeated Kazakhstan's Nurbek Oralbay, who is the current world champion, by a split decision (3:2).
The Ukrainian won the first round on the scorecards of three out of five judges (3:2), the second three-minute period was taken by Alexander's opponent (2:3), but in the decisive third round our boxer gave it his all in the ring and won an unconditional victory (5:0).
Watch the full video of Khizhnjak's fight in the final of the 2024 Olympics.
For Khizhnyak, this is the second Olympic award in his career and the first gold; he won silver at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Then, Oleksandr reached the final in the 75 kg weight category, but lost by knockout to Brazilian Herbert Souza in the fight for gold.
Khizhnyak's medal was the eighth for Ukraine at the current Olympics. Now the “blue-yellows” have three gold, two silver and three bronze medals. With this result, Ukraine occupies 17th place in the medal standings.
Greco-Roman wrestler Parviz Nasibov, who reached the final, guaranteed Ukraine another medal, at least a silver one. The fight for gold with his participation will take place on Thursday, August 8. On the same day, another representative of our country in Greco-Roman wrestling, Zhan Beleniuk, after a defeat in the semi-finals, will fight for the bronze medal.
Ukraine is represented at the XXXIII Summer Olympics by 140 athletes who compete in 23 sports. The Games in Paris will last until August 11.
