Ukrainian wrestlers won six medals at the continental championship in Bucharest.
The Ukrainian national team became the winner of the team event at the 2024 European Championship in women's freestyle wrestling.
At the continental championship in Bucharest, Romania, our wrestlers won six medals: one ” gold”, three “silver” and two “bronze”.
All medals of Ukraine at Euro 2024 in women's wrestling
“Gold” :Irina Kolyadenko (up to 65 kg)
“Silver”: Alina Filipovich (up to 59 kg), Tatyana Sova-Rizhko (up to 68 kg), Anastasia Shustova (up to 76 kg)
“Bronze”: Solomiya Vynnyk (up to 57 kg), Yulia Tkach-Ostapchuk (up to 62 kg)
“Blue-yellow” by the number of gold medals were lost to the Turkish team, which won three awards of the highest standard, but they became the best in points scored – 147. The advantage of the Ukrainians over the second place was 5 points.
Euro 2024 team standings in women's wrestling: top 10
1. Ukraine – 147 points
2. Türkiye – 142
3. Romania – 101
4. Azerbaijan – 83
5. Bulgaria – 77
6. Moldova – 61
7. Poland – 60
8. Germany – 53
9. Hungary – 39
10. France – 34
For Ukraine, this is the second consecutive victory in the team competition of the European Women's Wrestling Championship and the eighth overall in history.
At the previous continental championship, Ukrainians also won six medals: two ” gold”, three “silver” and one “bronze”.
We would like to add that at Euro 2024, Ukrainians can boast of achievements in Greco-Roman wrestling, where they won silver. Alexander Grushin (up to 63 kg), and Zhan Belenyuk (up to 87 kg), Parviz Nasibov (up to 72 kg) won bronze. and Yaroslav Filchakov (up to 82 kg).
Thus, in total at Euro 2024 the Ukrainian wrestling team has ten awards and takes fourth place in the team medal standings.
