In the Olympic village in Rio de Janeiro, the ceremony of Ukrainian flag raising.
The ceremony was attended by all the Ukrainian sportsmen have already arrived in the capital of the Olympic Games and President of the NOC of Ukraine Sergey Bubka.
Ceremony of raising Ukrainian flag in Rio, which will host the Olympics in 2016, takes place on the eve of the official opening of the Games and symbolizes the willingness of athletes to participate to the competition. It is reported by the NOC of Ukraine on his page in Facebook.
Together with the Ukrainian flags of four countries – Iraq, Uruguay, the Cayman Islands and Bolivia.