Ukrainian Liudmila Luzan won “bronze” at 2020 Olympics in canoe sprint

Ukrainian Liudmyla Luzan took third place in the canoe sprint at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. This is the twelfth medal for Ukraine, including the ninth bronze.

The National Olympic Committee reported this.

Luzan won the bronze medal in the singles in the 200 meters with a result of 47.034 seconds. Only American Nevin Harrison  (45.932 seconds) and Canadian Laurence Vincent-Lapointe (46.786 seconds) were faster than her.

Luzan's medal became the first for Ukraine in rowing at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

For 24-year-old Luzan, it's the first adult Olympic Games in his career. However, in 2014, she won silver medals at the Youth Olympics.

In addition, Luzan is a five-time winner of the European Championship. In particular, she has won two gold medals at the 2021 European Championship.

What are Ukraine's successes at the Olympics in Tokyo?

Our team has already won 12 Olympic medals, nine of which are bronze, two silver, and one gold.

Mykhailo Romanchuk also won bronze in swimming (800 meters freestyle), Daria Bilodid in judo, Ihor Reizlin in fencing, Olena Kostevych and Oleh Omelchuk in team shooting, Elina Svitolina in tennis, Alla Cherkasova in freestyle wrestling, Marta Fedina and Anastasia Savchuk in artistic swimming, and Iryna Koliadenko, in freestyle wrestling.

Mykhailo Romanchuk (1500 meters freestyle) and Parviz Nasibov in Greco-Roman wrestling (up to 67 kg) won the silver medals.

And Zhan Beleniuk won the gold. He became the strongest in Greco-Roman wrestling, with a weight of up to 87 kilograms.