The Ukrainian national team very successfully started the eighth competitive day of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. After Irina Shchetnik's "
Vasily Kovalchuk, 48, took silver in air rifle shooting from 10 meters.
And the Ukrainian national table tennis team in the 9-10 class won the "
Thus, Ukraine now has 70 medals at the Paralympics in Tokyo: 15 gold, 34 silver and 21 bronze. Ukraine is in sixth place in the medal standings and in fourth in the number of awards.
Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 kicked off on August 24 and will run until September 5, 2021. Competitions were postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The honor of Ukraine is defended by 143 Paralympians in 15 sports.