The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine approved the composition of the national team that will represent the country at the European Games 2023 in Poland.

This was reported by the press service of the NOC.

In total, Ukraine will be represented by 262 athletes. This is 64 people more than at the previous competitions in Minsk in 2019..

Ukrainians will perform at the Games in 27 out of 30 sports: athletics, artistic swimming, kayaking and canoeing and rowing slalom, diving, fencing, boxing, bullet and trap shooting, rock climbing, badminton, taekwondo, breaking, judo, cycling.

It is worth noting that this year there is absolute gender equality in the Ukrainian national team - 131 men and 131 women..

The European Games 2023 will be held in Krakow and a number of other cities in Poland from June 21 to July 2. In most sports, the competition will qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

It should be noted that athletes from Russia and Belarus were not allowed to compete..

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At the European Games 2019 in Belarus, the Ukrainian team won 51 medals - 16 gold, 17 silver and 18 bronze, which allowed them to take third place in the medal standings.