On August 29, Denys Ostapchenko finished second in the 50-meter backstroke – S3, competing with other leaders – Chinese Liankang Zou and Mexican Diego Diaz. The athlete's result is 45.57 seconds.
“A triumphant weekend for our Paralympians, especially for our students and graduates! A silver medal of Denys Ostapchenko, a student of Poltava College of Oil and Gas of the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, has been added to the treasury of the Ukrainian national team!
I admire sportsmanship, perseverance and a great desire for victory!
This is the 40th Ukrainian award at the Paralympics in Tokyo and the fourth medal won by athletes from Poltava region!
As a great university family we are congratulating and rooting for him!” – congratulated the head of the separate subdivision of the NGO “Student Sports Union of Ukraine” in Poltava region, the rector of the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, Professor Volodymyr Onyshchenko.
Second-year student at the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of Poltava Polytechnic Oleksii Virchenko also wins a silver medal in men’s 100m butterfly – S13.
Graduate of Physical Culture and Sports specialization of National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” Yevhenii Bohodaiko wins gold medal in men’s 100m breaststroke – SB6, returning the Ukrainian team to the top 10 teams in the medal standings.
Graduate of Physical Culture and Sports specialization of National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” Ivan Mai wins a bronze award, bringing Ukraine the first medal in table tennis at the Paralympics in Tokyo.
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