Ukrainian Mikhail Romanchuk won the first license for the 2024 Olympic Games in swimming for our country. At the Stockholm Open in the capital of Sweden, he covered the 400-meter freestyle in 3:46.66. This result was enough to meet the Olympic standard (3:46.78). At the finish line, Romanchuk showed only the fourth result, but still managed to exceed the standard by 0.12 seconds.. This is the first license of Ukraine in swimming for the 2024 Olympics. It is worth noting that Mikhail first qualified for the Olympics precisely at a distance of 400 meters freestyle.. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he won bronze in the 800m freestyle and silver in the 1500m..
We add that 17-year-old Ukrainian swimmer Alexander Zheltyakov also won a license for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. He completed the 200m backstroke with a time of 1:57.18.. The Summer Olympic Games in Paris will be held from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Recall that Ukraine may boycott the 2024 Olympics if athletes from Russia and Belarus are allowed to compete.. In turn, Ukrainian sports stars Yaroslav Maguchy, Oleg Vernyaev and Mikhail Romanchuk spoke out against a possible boycott by our country of the Games in Paris.