The Ukrainian national team did not use 12 licenses in different disciplines for the World Championships in Athletics, which will be held from July 15 to 24 in Eugene, USA. In particular, Artur Felfner, vice world champion in javelin throwing among juniors, who plans to perform at the junior world championship and the adult European Championship this year, will miss the tournament..

The Blue-Yellows also qualified in the 4x400m mixed relay but will not compete.. The team took 17th place in the ranking, and the top 16 went to the mundial. After the refusal of participation of one of the countries, the Ukrainians nevertheless qualified, but, given the martial law, they did not manage to settle the logistical issues in order to send a team to Eugene. Oleksiy Serdyuchenko, acting state coach of the Ukrainian national team, announced this in a commentary to Public Sport..

" Including spares, these are three women and men. But our guys simply did not have time to get visas, because they did not count on their participation. We were 17th. in the ranking, and 16 teams qualify. Some of the teams refused, and we were offered (to speak - ed.. ), but we couldn't. This is a very difficult issue, especially in the context of martial law, when the US Embassy in Ukraine is not working.. travel to other countries and arrange interviews there. And also there to wait for the document,"

In addition, Ukrainian runners will not compete in the men's 4x100m relay.. The coaching staff decided that the team will prepare for the August European Championship in Munich.

Victoria Kalyuzhnaya, who competes in the marathon, is also preparing for the European Championship. Her colleague Natalya Legonkova did not know that she had a World Championship license, and representatives of the national team did not contact her about this. Bogdan-Ivan Gorodissky will not perform due to injury.

In race walking for 20 km, Ivan Losev and Eduard Zabuzhenko had their training disrupted due to the Russian invasion. Losev is preparing for the European Championship, and Zabuzhenko decided to skip the summer starts. Maria Sakharuk is pregnant.

In 35 km race walking Tamara Gavrilyuk, Inna Loseva and Maryan Zakalnitsky decided to prepare for the European Championship. Anton Radko could replace Zakalnitsky, but he is not in the national team's application.

This is the smallest number of Ukrainians in the history of the tournament. In total, the national team had 34 licenses, but 12 were not used..

Recall that the Ukrainian national team won one medal at the world championship in rowing slalom among youth and juniors that ended in Ivrea, Italy..