Iryna Kolyadenko has guaranteed Ukraine its 12th award at the Olympic Games in the capital of France.
Ukrainian freestyle wrestler Iryna Kolyadenko has reached the final of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
The 25-year-old Ukrainian defeated Kyrgyzstan's Aisula Tynynbekova, who is the silver medalist of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in the semi-finals of the competition in the 62 kg weight category. The fight ended with a score of 9:2 in favor of our wrestler.
Thus, Kolyadenko took revenge on Tynynbekova for her defeat in the semi-finals of the 2020 Olympics. On Saturday, August 10, Irina will fight for gold. The Ukrainian's opponent will be determined later.
It should be noted that in the 1/8 finals, Kolyadenko defeated Orkhon Purevdorj from Mongolia (8:7), and then in the quarterfinals, she defeated the representative of Bulgaria Bilyana Dudova (7:3).
Kolyadenko is a bronze medalist of the 2020 Olympics. She is a three-time European champion (2021, 2023, 2024), won bronze at the 2020 European Championships, as well as silver (2019) and bronze (2023) at the World Championships.
It should be noted that on Friday, August 9, Ukraine already managed to win one medal at the 2024 Olympics. Lyudmyla Luzan and Anastasia Rybachok won “silver” in the canoe double 500m
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Ukraine is represented at the XXXIII Summer Olympics by 140 athletes competing in 23 sports. The Games in Paris will last until August 11.
As of now, Ukraine already has eleven awards at the 2024 Olympics: three gold, four silver and four bronze. The “blue-yellows” are in 15th place in the medal standings. Kolyadenko's medal will be the 12th for Ukrainians at the Games in the capital of France.