Ukrainian athletes take home seven medals at Rowing World Cup
Canoeist Liudmila Luzan Photo: Canoe of Ukraine
In Poznań, Poland, Ukrainians won another seven medals on the final day of the Kayaking and Canoeing World Cup.
The International Olympic Committee reported that.
Yesterday, Liudmila Luzan, a canoeist, garnered a gold medal in the 200 m event, and today, she has supplemented that achievement by taking a complete set of awards in the 500 m event.
Having been crowned champion in singles, Taras Mishchuk and Valeria Tereta shared a bronze medal finish in doubles. At the same time, Tereta and Taras Mazovsky were awarded the silver medal in mixed doubles, where they were joined by a fellow teammate on the podium.
Mazovsky attained a silver medal position in the 500–meter single canoeing event.
Vitaliy Verheles and Andriy Rybachok attained second place in the 500 m canoe double, while Nataliya Dokienko and Oleksandr Zaitsev ranked third in the 500 m mixed kayak double.
In total, Ukraine has 11 awards:
- Three gold;
- Three silver;
- Five bronze.
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It should be noted that the Ukrainian men's volleyball team started with a victory at the Golden Euroleague yesterday.
Also, Ukrainian athletes won "gold" at the European Championship in academic rowing.
In addition, the final of the WTA250 clay tennis tournament was held in Strasbourg on Saturday. Ukrainian Elina Svitolina defeated Russian tennis player Anna Blinkova in it.
