Bronze medalist, Pavlo Bal of Team Ukraine celebrates following the Men’s H5 Road Race on day eight of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games in Paris, France, on Sep. 5, 2024. (Michael Steele/Getty Images)
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Ukraine’s Viktor Didukh wins gold in five-set match in table tennis at 2024 Paralympic Games
Ukraine has won another medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France.
Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda’s holding company
Details: Viktor Didukh defeated Zhao Shuai of China in the table tennis final. The…
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Roma striker Dovbyk pulls out of Ukraine national team with injury
Roma striker Artem Dovbyk will miss September’s Nations League games with the Ukraine national team due to an injury and is heading back to the capital for further medical tests.
On Thursday, Ukraine announced on X, formerly Twitter, that Roma…
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Artem Dovbyk ruled out for Ukraine’s Albania and Georgia fixtures due to injury
Bad news for Roma as Artem Dovbyk does not seem to be in best physical condition after leaving on international duty.
The Ukrainian federation has in fact announced on social media that Artem Dovbyk will miss the next two Nations League matches…
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Ukraine’s Mariia Shpatkivska wins silver in shot put at Paralympics
Ukrainian thrower Mariia Shpatkivska won a silver medal in the shot put at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris on Sept. 4, setting a new European record.
This is Ukraine’s 46th medal at this year’s Paralympics, taking place in the French capital between…
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Ukraine wins second gold medal at Paris Paralympics in women’s long jump
Ukrainian athlete Oksana Zubkovska won a gold medal in the T12 long jump event on Sept. 1, giving Ukraine its second gold medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on the fourth day of the games.
Zubkovska reached a distance of 5.78…
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Russian air strikes injure dozens in Kharkiv
Watch: Russian missile strikes Kharkiv near metro and supermarket Russian air strikes have injured at least 41 people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials have said.
Regional head Oleh Syniehubov said five children were among those wounded…
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In death, his friend saved his life on a Ukrainian battlefield. Now he’s honoring him with sport.
As bitter fighting raged around the eastern city of Bakhmut on Jan. 25, 2023, Dziubynskyi, said their unit, the 95th Air Assault Brigade, were surrounded by Russian forces who bombarded them with tank and mortar fire.
He said they dived into…
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Paralympics 2024: Ukraine’s preparations amid war
Other athletes have found their own ways to contribute to the war effort. Wheelchair fencer Andrii Demchuk crossed the border to Poland with his wife and two children after the invasion.
After settling his family in Warsaw, he began helping other…
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At Camp Ramah in Ukraine, sports and Jewish traditions are an escape from war
(JTA) — Ariel Oberfeld spent his childhood summers at a Jewish overnight camp in Wisconsin. This summer, the 17-year-old traveled further afield, to teach sports at Ramah Yachad, a Jewish camp in Ukraine holding its…
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