Ukrainian Roman Kokoshko won bronze in the final of the European Athletics Indoor Championships in the shot put.
In Istanbul, Turkey, Kokoshko pushed the core to 21.84 m, setting a new national record of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian lost only to the Czech and Italian athletes. For the 26-year-old Kokoshko, this is the debut European Championship and the first final for Ukraine in this discipline since 2000.
Recall that the European Indoor Athletics Championships will be held in Turkey until March 5, and Ukraine is represented by 10 athletes at the competitions - this is the smallest application in the history of Ukraine at the European Championships.
Yaroslava Maguchy (high jump), Ekaterina Tabashnik (high jump), Yulia Levchenko (high jump), Yana Gladiychuk (pole vault), Yulia Loban (pentathlon), Anna Plotitsyna (running 60.
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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian athlete won the prestigious tournament in Italy.