Hronika.info watching the Ukrainian trace in the course of the eighth day of the 31-year-old the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro.
Protracted the medal drought of Ukraine will try to complete women’s national team on fencing on the sword – Olga Harlan and company are the current Olympic Champions in this discipline (in 2012 in London team saber were not included in the Games programme). In the 1/4 finals of Ukrainians will meet with South Korea and, in the case of the semi-finals of the “blue-yellow” will face the winner of France – Italy. In the upper part of the tournament in the quarterfinals, will meet Russia and Mexico, as well as Poland and the United States.
After the first day of training high the chances of final Paul Korostyleva, coming third in speed pistol, 25-meter distance, and the standard-bearer of Ukraine at the opening ceremony of Nicholas Milchev is intermediate the fourth place in the qualification of Skeet.
Weightlifter Dmitry Chumak will try to repeat yesterday’s success of Alexander Peleshenko, to the last retained his chance for a medal in the Olympic games. The main competitors of Ukrainian are considered Sohrab moradi (Iran), Vadim Streltsov (Belarus) and Didzbalis Aurimas (Lithuania).
Schedule of medal disciplines with the participation of Ukrainians:
Shooting. Men. High-speed pistol, 25 m: Roman Bondaruk, Paul korostylev (competition starts at 15:00 Kyiv time).
Shooting. Men. Skit: Nicholas Milchev (15:30).
Fencing. Women. Team sabre: Ukraine (Olga Harlan, Alina Konashuk, Elena Krivacka, Elena Voronina, 15:00).
Weightlifting. Men up to 94 kg: Dmitry Chumak (01:00).
Anna Kasyanova and Alina Fedorova will continue to compete in track and field all-around, Olga Saladuha starts in qualifying in the triple jump, the final of the 100m will compete Olesya Povkh and Natalia Pogrebnyak, the same goal stands before jumpers from a springboard Anastasia Nedobega and Alyona Fedorova.
She Maria Ulitina will hold the first match in the group stage, qualifying starts coming Oliszewski Yulia, Olga Countryman, and Olga Bibik (400 metres), Serhiy Smelyk (100 m), Maria Shatalova (3000 m), and Love Basov (cycle track) will perform in the preliminary race.
