Ukraine racks up two more medals at Beijing 2022 Paralympics

10:44, 09.03.2022 1 min read

Ukrainian athletes won two more medals at the Beijing 2022 Paralympics.

"The fifth day of the Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing brought Ukraine two medals. They were won in different classes of freestyle sprint skiing," the National Olympic Committee said in a statement.

Oksana Shyshkova, performing among visually impaired athletes (guide Andriy Marchenko), has already won her second silver and fourth prize at this Paralympics.

Hryhoriy Vovchynsky has already collected a full set of medals in Beijing 2022, and he added bronze in cross-country skiing to gold and silver in biathlon.

In total, Ukraine's national team has already won 19 medals: six gold, eight silver, five bronze, and ranks third in the medal standings, behind China and Canada.