On the fifth day of the Tokyo Paralympics, Ukraine won nine medals, including two gold
By total number of medals, Ukraine overtook the United States and took fourth place; in the medal table, it is fifth.
On August 29, on the fifth day of the Tokyo Paralympics, Ukrainian athletes won nine medals at the Tokyo Paralympics.
In total, 63 sets of awards were contested that day, of which Ukrainians won nine medals in five disciplines: athletics, swimming, powerlifting, rowing and judo.
Gold medals
Ukraine's ninth and tenth gold medals in the overall count were won by rower Roman Polianskyi and athlete Oksana Zubkovska.
Polianskyi won gold in class PR1. He covered the 2000-metre distance in 9:48.78, finishing 12 seconds ahead of his nearest rival from Australia.
Zubkovska won the gold medal in the long jump in class T12 with a result of 5.54 metres.
Silver awards
Five silver medals were won by swimmers Andrii Trusov, Denys Ostapchenko, Illia Yaremenko, athlete Anastasiia Misnyk, and also Natalia Oliinyk.
Trusov took second place in the 400-metre freestyle and won his second silver medal.
Ostapchenko finished second in the 50-metre backstroke. He covered the distance in 45.57 seconds, trailing Chinese swimmer Zou Liankin by only 0.32 seconds.
Swimmer Illia Yaremenko took second place in the 50-metre freestyle in class S13,
Ukrainian athlete Anastasiia Misnyk won a silver medal in the shot put. On her fifth attempt, Misnyk threw the shot 14.16 metres, setting a European record. First place in the event went to Polet Izamar Mendes Sanchez of Ecuador, with a result of 14.39 metres.
Ukrainian Natalia Oliinyk won silver in powerlifting in the up-to-79 kg weight category. She lifted three weights: 125, 130 and 133 kg.
Bronze medals
Bronze awards for Ukraine were won by judoka Oleksandr Nazarenko in the up-to-90 kg weight category in class B2, and swimmer Maksym Veraksa in the 50-metre freestyle in class S13.
Medal table
As of August 29, Ukraine overtook the United States in the number of awards and took fourth place in the medal count by total number of medals.
In the overall medal table, Ukraine remained in fifth place with ten gold medals, against 15 for the United States.
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