Third day of the Tokyo Paralympics: Ukraine wins 13 medals, two of them gold

Over three days of competition, the Ukrainian team has won 22 awards.

On August 27, on the third day of the Paralympic Games 2020 in Tokyo, Ukraine won 13 medals, two of which are gold. Here is a look at which athletes received the awards. 

Gold (two):

• Maryana Shevchuk (powerlifting, up to 55 kg)
• Anna Stetsenko (swimming, 400 m freestyle, S13 class)

Silver (seven):

• Vladyslav Bylyi (athletics, javelin throw F38)
• Serhii Klippert (swimming, 100 m backstroke S12)
• Andrii Trusov (swimming, 200 m individual medley SM7)
• Kyrylo Harashchenko (swimming, 400 m freestyle S13)
• Yekaterina Denysenko (backstroke swimming S8)
• Yevgenia Breus, Olena Fedota, Natalia Mandryk, Natalia Morkvych (team wheelchair fencing)
• Anastasia Moskalenko (athletics, hammer throw)

Bronze (four):

• Yulia Pavlenko (athletics, long jump T11)
• Yegor Dementiev (track cycling, 4000 m pursuit C5)
• Yuliia Ivanytska (judo, up to 48 kg)
• Nataliia Nikolaichyk (judo, up to 52 kg)

Gold medals

Ukrainian women Maryana Shevchuk (powerlifting, up to 55 kg) and Anna Stetsenko (400 m freestyle swimming, S13 class) won the gold medals. 

Shevchuk competed in the up to 55 kg weight class and lifted the highest weight among the other participants, 125 kg. These are the first Paralympic Games for the athlete. Before this, she had won titles at world and continental competitions. 

In May 2021, at a World Cup stage, the athlete set a world Paralympic record by lifting 132 kg. 

Swimmer Stetsenko was the first to cover the 400 m freestyle (S13 class) in a time of 4:23.92 min. Italian Carlotta Gilli and Australian Katja Dedekind took second and third place, respectively. 

The 29-year-old Ukrainian para-athlete represents Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in official competitions and swims. She is a three-time champion and silver medalist at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The Tokyo Paralympics are Stetsenko's second. 

She also has five silver and two bronze medals from world championships. She competes in the S13, SB13 and SM13 Paralympic classes, which include athletes with severe visual impairments. 

Silver medals

Swimmer Serhii Klippert finished the 100 m backstroke in 1:00.71, losing to a competitor from Azerbaijan. 

Swimmer Kateryna Denysenko finished the 100 m backstroke in 1:18.31. 

Swimmer Andrii Trusov won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley. 

Kyrylo Harashchenko won the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle swimming. 

Yevgenia Breus, Olena Fedota, Natalia Mandryk and Natalia Morkvych took second place in team wheelchair fencing. 

Athlete Anastasia Moskalenko won the silver medal in the hammer throw with a result of 24.73 m and set a new personal best. Moskalenko is a para-athlete with musculoskeletal impairments representing Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. 

Vladyslav Bylyi won Ukraine a silver medal, throwing 55.34 m in the javelin. In the competition, the Ukrainian finished behind a representative of Colombia. 

Bronze medals

Yulia Pavlenko became the bronze medalist in the long jump, recording a result of 4.85 m. 

In the pursuit race, cyclist Yegor Dementiev won a bronze medal for the team. In judo, Yuliia Ivanytska became a bronze medalist in the up to 48 kg category, and Nataliia Nikolaichuk in the up to 52 kg category. 

China remains the leader with 45 medals (20-11-14), while Great Britain is in second place with 28 awards (9-10-9).