Ukrainian victories at the Paralympic Games in Korea are impressive for the second consecutive day. 30 of our athletes perform in biathlon, skiing and snowboarding.

On the eve of the Ukrainians started in five biathlon races and brought the country five medals, among which gold. She is an active athlete in the team - Vitaly Lukyanenko, said in the TSN. Tyzhden.

In the 15 km ski race, Maxim Yarovoi received a gold award in the so-called "sitting" class of athletes.

"I was 14 years with the guys walked and fell from a height of 12 meters. Received a triple fracture of the spine. First there was rehabilitation, I was thin - 40 kg. My parents supported me, took me out. I'm with "gold" thanks to the parents, "- said Yarovoy.

At the last Paralympic Games in Yarovoi there were silver and bronze, but "gold" was for the first time. The athlete himself after the victorious finish called home to Mykolayiv oblast to receive the most important congratulations from his mother.

In general, no days pass without Ukrainian victories. The first Ukrainian "gold" was recorded in his biathlon activity by Vitaly Lukyanenko, a sportsman who is 39 years old, who spoke in 1998 in Nagano. He retired and returned again. For him this is the fifth Paralympic gold.

"If you go back to the sport, then you try to achieve the highest achievement. A higher athletic achievement is a medal, "- said the winner.

Vitaly Lukyanenko appears in the group of visually impaired athletes. Specifically, they go along the road with a ski assistant. And both get medals. It was Lukyanenko, by the way, carrying the Ukrainian flag at the bright opening ceremony of the Paralympics. Spectacular performances, fireworks and other delights that quickly quickly faded into the background when our started once in time to get seats on the pedestal.

In addition to two gold, Ukraine has silver Oksana Shishkovo and three bronzes - Lyudmila Lyashenko, Igor Reptyukh and Anatoly Kovalevsky.