Our country was brought victory by Marina Poddubnaya, Alexey Virchenko, Anna Stetsenko and Yaroslav Denisenko.
Ukraine won its twelfth gold medal at the Paralympic Games-2024 in Paris. This happened in the mixed relay in 4×100 meters freestyle swimming.
The Ukrainian team was represented by Marina Poddubnaya, Oleksiy Virchenko, Anna Stetsenko and Yaroslav Denisenko.
The “blue-yellows” covered the distance in 3:53.84 minutes. Brazil won the “silver” (3:56.94 minutes), and Spain won the “bronze” (3:57.95 minutes).
This is Ukraine's 51st medal at the current Paralympics. In total, the Ukrainian team has 12 gold, 18 silver and 21 bronze medals.
Ukraine ranks eighth in the medal count and is fifth in the number of awards won.
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.
We remind you 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.
