The Ukrainian national team became the fourth in the final of the Olympics in quadruple kayaks: among the athletes is Oleh Kukharyk from Mykolaiv

Ukrainian kayak four at the start of the 2024 Olympic Games. Photo: Suspilne.Sport

The Ukrainian kayak rowing team took fourth place at the Olympic Games - 2024 in the kayak four at a distance of 500 meters.

Mykolaiv athlete Oleh Kukharyk is a member of the Ukrainian national team, writes NikVesti.

In total, 8 teams made it to the finals of the competition. Ukrainian athletes beat teams from Lithuania, Serbia, Hungary and New Zealand, showing a result of 1:21:01. At that time, the team from Spain was ahead of the Ukrainian national team by 1 second (1:20:05) and took the bronze medal of the Olympic Games.

The gold of the competition was taken by the German team with a result of 1:19:80. Athletes from Australia became the silver medalists with a time of 1:19:84.

Competition results. Screenshot

It is worth noting that for the first time in 28 years, Ukraine took part in the race in the men's kayak four at the Olympic Games.

We will remind that the Ukrainian kayak sculling team took fourth place in the final of the Olympic Games in the kayak four, ahead of rivals from Canada.

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, Olha Kharlan played a key role on the way to gold in the team tournament.

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