2022 is coming to an end. Like the previous one, it turned out to be rich for our athletes in big victories, although it was overshadowed by a full-scale invasion of Russian invaders into the territory of Ukraine.

Ukrainian athletes proudly represented their homeland in the international arena, while the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to destroy the enemy at the front. In honor of our athletes, the national anthem was repeatedly played, and the blue and yellow flag was raised up - a symbol of freedom throughout the world.

TSN Prosport invites readers to recall the high-profile victories of Ukrainian athletes in 2022.

The Ukrainian national team reached the semi-finals of the European Futsal Championship. The Ukrainian team also competed for the title of the best team on the continent, eventually taking fourth place in the tournament..

Ukrainians took second place in the group. Our team in the opening match lost to the Netherlands (2:3), and then defeated Serbia (6:1) and lost to the Portuguese (0:1).

In the quarterfinals, the wards of Alexander Kosenko beat Kazakhstan with a score of 5:3. In the semi-final, the Blue-Yellows lost to the Russians in a super-tense confrontation (2:3), and in the duel for the bronze medal they lost to Spain with a score of 1:4.

Fourth place was the best result of Ukrainian football players at the European Championships over the past 17 years.

Olympic " The 24th Winter Olympics in history was the last major competition before the full-scale war that Russia unleashed against Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

In the capital of the Celestial Empire, our country was represented by 45 athletes in 12 disciplines. "

As at the previous Winter Games, which took place in Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018, Abramenko became the only medalist of the Ukrainian team at the Beijing Olympics - four years ago, the freestyler won gold.

Abramenko's " Norway won the medal standings with 37 medals.

Also, the Beijing Olympics was remembered for the silent protest of the Ukrainian skeletonist Vladislav Geraskevich, who called to prevent the outbreak of war in Ukraine.. After his performance in qualifying, he demonstrated a poster with the inscription " However, less than two weeks later, the Russian army launched a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian lands..

Historical record of Ukraine at the Paralympics Despite the full-scale war that Russia started against Ukraine, in March our Paralympic team went to Beijing, where they impressed absolutely everyone with their performances.

The Blue-Yellows finished the 2022 Paralympics with 29 medals: 11 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze. The Ukrainian team finished in second place in the final medal standings, only ahead of China - 61 awards (18-20-23).

At the 2022 Games, Ukrainian Paralympians updated two historical records at once: by the number of awards won at one Paralympic Games, as well as by gold medals won.

Due to the war in Ukraine, the Paralympic athletes of the aggressor countries were not allowed to participate in the 2022 Paralympics even under a neutral flag. This marked the beginning of the isolation of Russian and Belarusian sports from the civilized world.

Successes of Ukrainian athletes In 2022, Ukraine had many victories in athletics. High jumper Yaroslava Maguchy won the historical "

It is the 21-year-old athlete from Dnipro who holds the world record of the season in high jump - 2.05 m.. Following the successful season, Maguchy was nominated for the title of the best athlete in the world in 2022.

In addition to Maguchy, our other athletes also showed themselves excellently.. High jumper Andriy Protsenko, who was under occupation in the Kherson region for more than 40 days in the first months of a full-scale war, won bronze at the 2022 World Cup in Eugene in July. A month later, he won bronze at the European Multisport Championship in Munich, Germany.

In the triple jump " Moreover, the Ukrainian did it with the best result of the season in Europe.. Achievements of Ukrainians at the Multisport Euro Ukraine completed the Multisport European Championship with 22 awards: 5 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze.

In addition to Maguchy and Bekh-Romanchuk, Lyudmila Luzan and Anastasia Chetverikova (canoe-deuce, 500 m), Svetlana Boguslavskaya and Yaroslav Koyuda (para-academic rowing, mixed doubles, pair deuces), as well as Danilo Boldyrev (speed climbing) won the Euro "

In the team medal standings, the " The first were the hosts of the competition - the Germans, who won 60 medals: 26 gold, 20 silver and 14 bronze.

The Ukrainian national volleyball team reached the quarterfinals of the World Championship for the first time. Our team got to the tournament instead of Russia, suspended from the World Cup due to the war.

In the opening match of the competition, the wards of Ugis Krastins lost to the Serbs (0:3), then defeated Tunisia (3:0) and confidently beat Puerto Rico (3:1). In the 1/8 finals, the "

This result was the best in the history of our volleyball team's performances at world championships.. For the first time, Ukrainians played at the World Cup back in 1998 and took 10th place there..

Oleksandr Usyk defended the heavyweight championship belts. Thus, the Ukrainian defended the WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF titles, taken from AJ last fall, and also won the vacant belt of The Ring magazine.

An intense duel lasted all 12 rounds. In the eighth and ninth rounds, Joshua carried out several powerful attacks on the opponent's body, but the Ukrainian resisted, and in the final rounds he finally turned the fight in his favor. As a result, the judges awarded Usyk a victory by a split decision: 113-115, 115-113, 116-112.

Next year, Alexander plans to fight the WBC belt holder Briton Tyson Fury to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world..

In addition, Ukrainian lightweight boxers Vasily Lomachenko and Denys Berinchyk successfully returned to the ring in 2022.. Both, like Usyk, after the start of a full-scale war, entered into territorial defense in order to protect their native country from Russian invaders.

In the fall, Lomachenko left the terrorist defense and flew to the United States, where on the night of October 30, at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York, he defeated American Jemaine Ortiz by unanimous decision..

Berinchyk returned to the ring in early December at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.. On the undercard of the fight between Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora, the Ukrainian defeated the Frenchman Ivan Mendy by unanimous decision and won the EBU European Champion title.

It should be noted that these are far from all the victories of Ukrainian athletes in 2022, which is so difficult for all our people.. We hope that next year will be even more successful for Ukrainian sports.. And we continue to work every day for the main victory in the life of every Ukrainian. Actively support and help the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to drive the enemy out of the entire territory of our country together.