On Sunday, August 8, at 21:00 Kyiv time, the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics began in Paris at the Stade de France stadium.
Athletes representing Ukraine won 82 medals. 140 athletes competed in 17 sports from our national team at the 2024 Paralympic Games.
The national flag of Ukraine will be carried by swimmer Oleksandr Komarov during the event.
Photo: Oleksandr Komarov/Reuters
Celebrations at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics
The closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Paris will include a parade of 4,400 athletes who participated in the Games, as well as the famous relay between the capital and Los Angeles. After the ceremony, there will be an electro concert with about twenty French performers.
A final Marseillaise that resonates at the Stade de France 🇫🇷
📸 #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/lNkmJlCy2t— Paris 2024 (@Paris2024) September 8, 2024
🇬🇧 Aurélie Aubert and Tanguy de La Forest, gold medallists and flag bearers, lead the march of the French delegation. Bravo and thank you, you have won the hearts of many French people during these Games
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🇫🇷 Aurélie Aubert and Tanguy de La Forest, gold medalists and flag bearers,… pic.twitter.com/Utnhd4Yp8s— Paris 2024 (@Paris2024) September 8, 2024
The most important thing about these Games was the people.
Without you, dear athletes, dear supporters, these sites would have been nothing more than empty theatres.
The success of these Games was born from your meeting. And this meeting will mark us forever.
Because the emotions we have… pic.twitter.com/HyAgyKAGsd— Paris 2024 (@Paris2024) September 8, 2024
On the official page of the Paralympic Games, X wrote:
“Chairman of the 2024 Paralympics Organizing Committee Tony Estange thanks the athletes with the crowd”.
An ovation we will never forget 👏 #Paralympics | #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/BK6Sv5Fd0R
— Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) September 8, 2024
Ukrainian medalists of the 2024 Paralympics
At the start of the 2024 Paralympics
Anton Kol brought the first medal for Ukraine. The man finished second in the 100m backstroke in the S1 class. She received the second prize Iryna Poida. The athlete won “silver” at the distance of 200 meters freestyle in class S5. Swimmer Anna Gontar took “bronze” at the distance of 50 meters freestyle in class S6. He won another “bronze”. Oleksandr Komarov. He competed at the distance of 200 meters freestyle in class S5.
Another day
Vladyslav Bely won a silver medal in athletics. He threw the javelin at 52.86 m. Oleksandr Komarov became the winner of swimming at the distance of 100 meters freestyle in class S5. It was he who earned the first “gold” for our country at the 2024 Paralympic Games. Iryna Poida once again became a silver medalist. She finished second in the 100m freestyle final. Natalia Kobzar became the owner of “silver” in the 200-meter race.
On the third day of the competition
swimming Anna Stetsenko won two medals at once: silver in the 100-meter backstroke and bronze in the 400-meter freestyle. swimmers Yaroslav Denysenko (100 meters on the back), Anton Kol (50 meters on the backstroke) and Marina Piddubna (50 meters freestyle) took “bronze”. Athlete Volodymyr Ponomarenko took second place in the shot put, and his colleague Roman Danyliuk – the third. Two Ukrainian swimmers conquered the distance of 200 meters in a complex style. Andriy Trusov took “silver”, a Yevhenii Bohodayko — “bronze”. Tennis players Viktor Didukh and Iryna Shinkaryova won “bronze” in the mixed doubles competition in table tennis. Bicycle racer Yehor Dementiev came second in the 4,000-meter individual pursuit.
The fourth day
track and field athlete Oksana Zubkovska jumped 5.78 meters in length. Her result was the first. In this way, the athlete brought the second “gold” to Ukraine. Mykhailo Serbin and Danilo Chufarov won a double podium in backstroke at a distance of 100 meters. Serbin, having beaten his own world record, won gold. His colleague Chufarov – “bronze”. swimmers Yevhenii Bohodayko, Danylo Semenikhin and swimming pool Anna Gontar have bronze medals in the 100-meter breaststroke. rower Roman Polyanskyi brought a silver award. Artem Kolinko won bronze in individual bocce competitions. In this type of competition, Ukraine won for the first time.
On the fifth day of the 2024 Paralympic Games
“gold” was won Denis Ostapchenko (swimming, 50 meters, backstroke, class S3) and Igor Tsvetov (athletics, 100 meters, class T35). They became silver medalists Andriy Trusov (swimming, 400 meters, freestyle, class S7) and Ilya Yaremenko (swimming, 50 meters, freestyle, class S13). Bronze medals were won Serhiy Palamarchuk (swimming, 50 meters, backstroke, class S3), Oleksiy Virchenko (swimming, 50 meters, freestyle, class S13), Oleksandr Lytvynenko (athletics, long jump, class T36) and Zoya Ovsii (athletics, discus throw, class F51).
On the sixth day
swimmer Yury Shengur finished first in the distance of 100 meters on the backstroke in class S7, a Andriy Trusov — to others. Ihor Nimchenko became the silver medalist in the 100-meter butterfly in the S10 class. Danilo Chufarov won silver in swimming at a distance of 200 meters in a complex style (class SM11). Julia Shulyar became the T12 class 400-meter runner champion. The Ukrainian ran the distance in 55.16 seconds and finished the competition first. Runner Oksana Boturchuk was able to win “bronze”. Oleksandr Yarovy won “gold” in the shot put (class F20). His colleague Maxim Koval has “bronze” in the same competition. Natalia Kobzar took “gold” in the 400-meter run in the T37 class. Olena Fedota-Isaeva became a bronze medalist in the saber fencing tournament (category B). This medal is the first for Ukraine in wheelchair fencing.
The seventh day at the 2024 Paralympics
was remembered, in particular, by another double podium in swimming at the 2024 Paralympics. In 100-meter freestyle swimming (class S12) Yaroslav Denysenko finished in first place, and Maxim Veraksa – on the second. Swimmer Andriy Trusov took “gold” at the distance of 50 meters freestyle. The athlete set a new world record — 26.38 seconds. Anna Stetsenko won a silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle. The Ukrainian national team also became the champion in the mixed 4×100 meter freestyle relay. This is an achievement Maryna Poddubna, Oleksiy Virchenko, Yaroslav Denysenko and Anna Stetsenko. Core pusher in class F32 Anastasia Moskalenko won “gold” and renewed the world record – 8.00 meters for the second time in four pushes. Maria Shpatkivska in the shot put (class F46) won a silver award with a result of 12.35 meters.
On the eighth day of the competition
Pavlo Bal won a bronze medal during the H5 class handbike road race. In judo Natalia Nikolaychyk won “gold” (weight category up to 48 kg, class J1). At the same time, they have bronze Angela Havrysiuk in the weight category up to 57 kg in the same class and David Horava (weight category up to 60 kg, class J2). In goalball, the men’s national team won silver. The team includes Vasyl Oliynyk, Anton Strelchuk, Fedir Sydorenko, Evgeny Tsyganenko, Rodion Zhigalin, Oleksandr Toporkov. At sea Danilo Chufarov overcame the distance of 100 meters in the SB11 breaststroke in the third place. Anna Gontar, Yaroslav Semenenko, Iryna Poida and Oleksandr Komarov as part of the national team of Ukraine won bronze awards in the 4×50 mixed relay in complex swimming. Track and field athlete Maria Pomazan won a gold medal in the F35 class shot put competition. Oksana Boturchuk was able to win “silver” in the 100 m run of the T12 class.
On the ninth day
in cycling Yehor Dementiev was the first to overcome the distance on the highway in class C4-5. At sea Denis Ostapchenko won “silver” at the distance of 50 meters in the free style of class S3. Meanwhile Danilo Chufarov overcame the second 100 meters butterfly in class S11. Another silver medal was won by a runner Lyudmila Danilina at a distance of 1500 m in the T20 class. Female fencer on the sword Olena Fedota-Isaeva became the owner of “bronze”. Maxim Nikolenko also took third place, but in individual table tennis (class MS8).
On the tenth day at the 2024 Paralympics
athlete Igor Tsvetov won his second gold medal, running 200 meters in 23.19 seconds. tennis player Viktor Didukh chose the gold award. In addition, she won a silver medal in table tennis Maryna Lytovchenko. Judo player Anastasia Garnyk won a gold medal. Judoka Oleksandr Nazarenko also brought “gold”. He competed in the category up to 90 kilograms of the J2 class. A swimmer took first place for the second time at the 2024 Paralympics Andriy Trusov in the 50-meter butterfly (class S7). swimmers Denis Ostapchenko and Serhiy Palamarchuk climbed the podium together. They performed at a distance of 200 meters freestyle. Ostapchenko finished second, and Palamarchuk finished third. Ihor Nimchenko won bronze in the 200-meter individual medley. Mykola Sinyuk brought the national team a bronze medal in kayaking and canoeing. In addition, Ukraine received an award in powerlifting for the first time in history. Brought “Bronze”. Yury Babinets in the weight category up to 88 kg. In the team tournament of skewers on carts, Ukraine took second place. This is a gain Evgenia Breus, Natalia Morkvych, Olena Fedota-Isaeva, Nadia Dyolog.
On the last competitive day of the 2024 Paralympics
rower Vladyslav Epifanov won “gold” in the 200-meter single canoe swim. He showed a time of 47.49 seconds. The athlete’s result was the best in the history of the Paralympics at this distance. Rower Marina Mazula took “silver” in the final of the 200-meter single kayak competition. Powerlifter Anton Kryukov took second place in the weight category over 107 kilograms.
Paralympics-2024. Medal count
China has become the leader in the medal tally of the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. Great Britain took second place. The third is the US national team. Ukraine finished in seventh place. Our team entered the “top ten” for the sixth time.
Photo: Paralympics 2024 medal tally/Community Sport
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We will remind, on the evening of August 28, a solemn opening ceremony of the Paralympics-2024 took place in France.
Earlier, on August 11, the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games ended. Then Ukrainian athletes won 12 medals.
