olympics

The fifth Olympic medal in the career of the national team’s leader. Sabre fencer Olga Kharlan brought Ukraine its first medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning the bronze match in the individual sabre fencing tournament. Among the sabre fencers in Paris, three Ukrainians competed, two of whom — Alina Komashchuk and Olena Kravatska — were eliminated in the […]

Viktoriia Onopriienko on unexpected desicion I unexpectedly found some free time, for the first time in 16 years. In the past few days, I’ve learned a lot of “interesting” things about myself. It hurts me (it would be strange if I felt otherwise right now, wouldn’t it?), but none of the drama people are writing about actually happened. Everything is […]

A march in memory of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russian invaders was organized in Paris on the eve of the Olympics. Its initiator was the Union of Ukrainians of France with the support of the World Congress of Ukrainians. More than 1,000 people joined the march to honor 488 Ukrainian athletes killed by russians. In addition to Ukrainians, the French, […]

German Interior Minister threatens to ban russian athletes from the Olympics and entering the country if the International Olympic Committee allows them to compete. “Countries hosting major sporting events are not powerless. They are able to control whether Russians can actually participate by issuing visas,” Nancy Faesar said in an interview with the newspapers of the Funke Media Group. Opening […]

Ukrainian Olympians in Tokyo are predicted to win more than 20 medals, Bookmakers and analysts admitted. On July 23,  the Summer Olympic Games will start in Japan . 157 Ukrainian athletes will participate in Olympic competition. According to bookmakers, Ukraine’s chances of winning the medal tally will be minimal. The coefficient for this scenario is rather formal – 300.0. The United States is […]