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Ukraine Secures Four Medals at 2024 Paris Summer Paralympics

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Ukraine Secures Four Medals at 2024 Paris Summer Paralympics
The Ukraine delegation marches during the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics at the Place de la Concorde in Paris on Aug. 28, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)

The Ukrainian national team won four medals—two silver and two bronze—at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games on August 29.

Swimmer Anton Kol earned Ukraine's first medal of the Games, securing silver in the men's 100m backstroke S1, with Poland's Kamil Otowski taking gold.

Anna Hontar won a bronze medal in the women's 50m freestyle S6, finishing behind China’s Jiang Yuyan and US swimmer Ellie Marks.

Bronze medalist Ukraine's Anna Hontar, silver medalist US' Ellie Marks, gold medalist China's Yuyan Jiang celebrate on the podium of the women's S6 50m freestyle swimming event during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on August 29, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)
Bronze medalist Ukraine's Anna Hontar, silver medalist US' Ellie Marks, gold medalist China's Yuyan Jiang celebrate on the podium of the women's S6 50m freestyle swimming event during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on August 29, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)

Iryna Poida also won silver in the women's 200m freestyle S5, while Oleksandr Komarov took bronze in the men's 200m freestyle S5, adding two more medals for Ukraine.

Silver medallist Iryna Poida of Team Ukraine, gold medallist Tully Kearney of Team Great Britain and bronze medallist Monica Boggioni of Team Italy pose on the podium during the medal ceremony after the Women's 200m Freestyle S5 Final on day one of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games on August 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Source: Getty Images)
Silver medallist Iryna Poida of Team Ukraine, gold medallist Tully Kearney of Team Great Britain and bronze medallist Monica Boggioni of Team Italy pose on the podium during the medal ceremony after the Women's 200m Freestyle S5 Final on day one of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games on August 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Source: Getty Images)
Silver medalist Kirill Pulver of Team Neutral Paralympic Athletes, Gold Francesco Bocciardo of Team Italy and Bronze medalist Oleksandr Komarov of Team Ukraine pose for a photo during the medal ceremony of the Men's 200m Freestyle S5 on day one of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games on August 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Source: Getty Images)
Silver medalist Kirill Pulver of Team Neutral Paralympic Athletes, Gold Francesco Bocciardo of Team Italy and Bronze medalist Oleksandr Komarov of Team Ukraine pose for a photo during the medal ceremony of the Men's 200m Freestyle S5 on day one of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games on August 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Source: Getty Images)

A total of 140 Ukrainian athletes are competing in 17 sports at the 2024 Paris Summer Paralympic Games, which began on August 28.

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