Ukraine won 7 medals on the first day of the Winter Paralympics in Beijing

Kyiv: Ukrainian athletes won seven medals on the first day of the Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing. Also, Ukraine was leading the medal rankings in the sporting event so far.

“Seven medals were brought to Ukraine on the first day of the Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing. All of them were obtained in different sections of the biathlon sprint race. The entire podium for the men with visual impairments was blue-yellow,” said the National Olympics The committee said in a statement.

Gold – Vitaly Lukyanenko (Class B3, Guide Babar), Silver – Oleksandr Kazik (Class B1, Guide Kucheriyev), Bronze – Dmitry Suyarko (Class B2, Guide Nikonovich), Hryhori Volchinsky (Class LW8) and Oksana Shishkova (Class) B2) was found. , Marchenko Guide) also became the champion of the Paralympics 2022.

Taras Raid (Class LW12) and Lyudmila Lyashenko (Class LW8) won silver medals.

This victory is good news for Ukraine which has been defending Russian invaders for the last ten days. In addition, Russian shelling in Ukraine has resulted in many casualties and casualties, which began soon after President Vladimir Putin announced a ‘special military operation’.