Ukraine takes bronze in Junior World Diving Championships
Збірна України зі стрибків у воду. Фото: Федерація України зі стрибків у воду
The Ukrainian diving team placed third in the medal standings of the Junior World Championships.
"Suspilne. Sport" reports that.
The Junior World Diving Championship occurred in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from November 24 to December 1. Athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 from 42 countries vied for 17 sets of medals.
Fourteen divers performed for Ukraine, nine of whom won at least one medal.
Specifically, the "blue-yellow" team included 14-year-old Mark Hrytsenko, who was set to compete in the 2024 Olympics. However, due to an arm injury, Oleksii Sereda substituted him.
As a result of the competition, the Ukrainian national team took third place in the medal standings among teams, losing only to China and Mexico, which have more gold medals.
Ukrainians have nine medals, including:
- two gold,
- three silver,
- four bronze.
The "blue and yellow" team won the most awards, followed by Mexico, which won second place with six medals.
The top performers in the 3-meter springboard were Ukrainian athletes who brought home a total of three medals.
All medals of Ukrainian divers at the Junior World Championships-2024
- "Gold": Mark Hrytsenko (platform, group B), Kseniia Bochek, and Diana Karnafel (3m springboard, synchronized)
- "Silver": Valerii Malieev (3m springboard, group B), Danylo Avanesov (platform, group A)
- "Bronze": Kyrylo Azarov, Kseniia Bochek, Sofia Vystavkina, Mark Hrytsenko (mixed team competitions), Ksenia Bochek (1m springboard, group B), Dmytro Stepanov (3m springboard, group B), Diana Shevchenko (platform, group B), Valerii Malieev (1m springboard, group B)
Medal standings of the World Championships-2024 with diving: top 5
- Mexico — 4 "gold" + 2 "silver" + 0 "bronze" = 6 medals
- China — 3 + 1 + 1 = 5
- Ukraine — 2 + 3 + 5 = 9
- Italy — 2 + 2 + 0 = 4
- Germany — 2 + 1 + 2 = 5
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It's worth mentioning that Yaroslava Mahuchikh, a Ukrainian high jumper, was named the top female athlete in non-running events by World Athletics in 2024.
It was also reported that Ukrainian shooters demonstrated brilliant results at the international shooting competition Open Kaliber Poland, which is held in the Polish city of Bialystok.
