Oksana Zubkovska brought Ukraine the second gold of the 2024 Paralympics

Ukrainian athlete Oksana Zubkovska brought Ukraine the second gold of the 2024 Paralympics held in Paris. Her victory in the long jump was a significant event for the Ukrainian delegation at these competitions.

The Paralympic team of Ukraine in Paris won the gold medal in athletics, which became the second in the overall team standings. the T12 long jump competition .

43-year-old Zubkovska won gold medals in this discipline, as well as at four previous Paralympics. In addition to everything else, at the Paralympics in London in 2012, she set a world record that still stands - 6.60 meters.

How did Oksana Zubkovska perform in Paris?

Ukrainian athlete Oksana Zubkovska became the leader after the first jump of 5.64 meters. Already on the second attempt, she jumped 11 cm further than her rivals and secured the lead in the intermediate competition — 5.75 m.

Oksana managed to jump to "gold" on the fifth attempt - 5.78 meters. This is a personal record of the current season for the Ukrainian woman. The competitor from Spain, Sarah Martinez, stopped at the 5:40 mark.

Paralympics-2024: medals of Ukraine in athletics

In addition to Oksana Zubkovska's gold in the long jump, the Ukrainian national team also has silver: Volodymyr Ponomarenko (interpretation of the shot put) and Vladyslav Bily (javelin throw) and Natalia Kobzar (200 m race).

Roman Danylyuk won the bronze medal in the shot put.

We will remind you that according to the results of the second competitive day, Ukraine rose from 17th to 13th place in the medal count of the Paralympics. China is the leader in the number of awards.

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