Oleh Kukharyk from Mykolaiv, as part of the Ukrainian national team, reached the final of the Olympics in four-person kayaking

Ukrainian four-person kayak. Photo: Getty Images

Mykolaiv athlete Oleh Kukharyk, as part of the Ukrainian national team, reached the final of the 2024 Olympic Games in the 500-meter kayak four-stroke competition.

The national team of Ukraine came 4th with a result of 1:20:67, writes NikVesti.

Ukrainian athletes Oleh Kukharyk, Ihor Trunov, Dmytro Danylenko and Ivan Semikin beat their rivals from Canada.

The team from Australia came to the finish line first, the team from Serbia came in second, and the Spanish national team took third place.

The results of the competition in four-person kayaks

In total, 8 teams will take part in the finals of the quadruple kayak competition.

Mykolaiv athletes in the 2024 Olympics

This year, the 2024 Olympic Games are being held in Paris. NikVesti has prepared a selection of participants who will compete for Olympic medals from the Mykolaiv region, as well as where and when to watch all their performances.

Since the start of the Olympics, a number of Mykolaiv athletes have already managed to take part in the competition. 18-year-old Mykolaiv athlete Oleksii Sereda took fifth place in the finals of the synchronized jumping competition from the 10-meter platform.

And Mykolaiv diver Kseniia Bailo in a duet with athlete Sofiia Liskun took seventh place at the Olympic Games in Paris in synchronized jumping from a 10-meter springboard. And Mykolaiv divers Danylo Konovalov and Oleh Kolodii took part in synchronized diving from a 3-meter springboard and took seventh place.

Women's saber competitions were also held at the Olympic Games. Mykolaiv fencer Olga Harlan won the decisive battle for bronze. At the same time, Olga Harlan played a key role on the way to gold in the team tournament.

Thus, Olga Harlan became a six-time Olympic medalist, winning the gold of the team saber fencing tournament at the 2024 Games.