First day of the 2024 Paralympics: Ukrainians to compete in six sports
29 August 2024 12:52
Ukraine will be represented in six disciplines on the first day of the Paralympic Games, which started in Paris. This was reported by Champion, according to "Komersant Ukrainian"
on 29 August, 25 sets of medals in three sports – cycling, swimming and parathlon – will be awarded in Paris. Ukraine has a chance to win a medal in one of the disciplines. Anton Kol will compete in the S1 class (for athletes with severe disabilities) and will try to win a medal in the 100-metre backstroke. Other Ukrainian athletes will take part in the qualifying stages.
Schedule of performances by Ukrainian Paralympians:
10:59. Men’s swimming, 100 metres backstroke, S2. Roman Bondarenko
11.00. Table tennis – men’s doubles, MD8 1/8 finals. Vasily Petrunov / Alexander Yezik
11:28. Men’s swimming, 100 metres butterfly, S14. Dmitry Vanzenko
11:43. Women’s swimming, 50 metres freestyle, S6. Anna Gontor
11:51. Men’s swimming, 50 metres freestyle, S10. Ihor Nimchenko
12:03. Men’s swimming, 100 metres butterfly, S13. Oleksiy Virchenko
12:19. Men’s swimming, 200 metres freestyle, S5. Oleksandr Komarov
12:31. Women’s swimming, 400 metres freestyle, S7. Iryna Poyda
13:15. Table tennis – men’s doubles, MD18 1/8 finals. Maxim Nikolenko / Viktor Didukh
13:15. Table tennis – men’s doubles, MD18 1/8 finals. Lev Katz / Ivan May
13:30. Badminton – singles, SL3, men. Alexander Chirkov
13:50. Boccia – women. Natalia Konenko
14.00. Archery – ranking round, mixed team competition, Olympic bow. Ukrainian national team
14.00. Archery – ranking round, men, Olympic bow. Ruslan Tsymbalyuk
14:15. Men’s goalball, qualifying round, group B. Ukraine – Egypt
18:00. Men’s boccia. Artem Kolinko
18:00. Archery – ranking round, women, Olympic bow. Anna-Victoria Shevchenko
18:00. Archery – ranking round, men’s block bow. Sergiy Atamanenko
18:50. Men’s swimming, 100 metres backstroke, S1. Anton Kol
20:20. Women’s boccia. Natalia Konenko
21:00. Table tennis – mixed doubles, XD17 1/8 finals. Marina Litovchenko / Ivan May
21:45. Table tennis – mixed doubles, XD17 1/8 finals. Viktor Didukh / Irina Shinkareva.
The Paralympic Games in Paris will take place from 28 August to 8 September.
Ukraine will be represented at the Paralympic Games by 140 athletes who will compete in 17 sports. The largest number of Ukrainian Paralympians will be represented in swimming (37), and another 28 will compete in athletics.
