The Ukrainian team is seventh in the medal count and fifth in the number of awards.
Ukraine won seven medals on the seventh competition day of the 2024 Paralympic Games.
On Wednesday, September 4, Ukrainian para-athletes won four gold and three silver medals.
“Gold” was won by Yaroslav Denisenko (swimming, 100 m, freestyle, class S12), Andrey Trusov (swimming, 50 m, freestyle, class S7), Marina Poddubnaya, Alexey Virchenko, Anna Stetsenko, Yaroslav Denisenko (swimming, mixed, 4x100m relay, freestyle, 49 points) and Anastasia Moskalenko (athletics, shot put, class F32).
“Silver” was won by Maria Shpatkovskaya (athletics, shot put, class F46), Maksim Veraksa (swimming, 100m, freestyle, class S12) and Anna Stetsenko (swimming, 100m, freestyle, class S12).
Following seven days of competition, Ukrainian Paralympians have already won 52 medals at the 2024 Games: 13 gold, 18 silver and 21 bronze.
After the seventh day of the 2024 Paralympics, the Ukrainian team continues to occupy seventh place in the medal count and is fifth in the number of awards won.
China remains the undisputed leader in the medal count of the 2024 Paralympics (62 gold, 46 silver and 27 bronze medals). Great Britain is in second place (33+25+16). The top 3 is rounded out by the USA team (25+26+12).
The Paralympic Games in Paris will last until September 8. Ukraine is represented by 140 athletes competing in 17 sports. This is a record number of sports in the Paralympic history of Ukraine.
Recall that at the previous Summer Paralympic Games, which took place in 2021 in Tokyo, Ukrainian athletes won 98 awards: 24 gold, 47 silver and 27 bronze. With this result, Ukraine took sixth place in the medal count and became fifth in the number of awards.
