PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukraine finished in eighth place in the medal standings with 46 medals (eight gold, 14 silver and 24 bronze) at the Baku 2015 European Games on June 12-28.
Following is The Weekly’s report on the results of the final three days of the European Games.
Inna Cherniak (57 kg) won the blind judo event 100-1 against Sabina Abdullayeva of Azerbaijan after scoring ippon. In the same weight class, Natalia Nikolaychyk tied for bronze with Ramona Brussig of Germany. Svitlana Iaromka (+78 kg) tied for bronze with Belkis Kaya of Turkey; Oleksandr Pominov (+90 kg) won silver in the men’s blind judo; Iakiv Khammo (+100 kg) tied for bronze with Renat Saidov of Russia; and Ukraine’s men’s judo team – Georgii Zanataraia (66 kg), Serhiy Drebot and Artem Khomula (73 kg), Vitalli Dudchyk (81 kg), Quedajau Nhabali and Vadym Synyavsky (90 kg), and Oleksandr Gordiienko and Khammo (+100 kg) – tied for bronze with Russia.
Ukraine’s women’s saber fencing team (Olga Kharlan, Olena Kravatska, Alina Komashchuk and Olga Zhovnir) won gold.
Ukraine’s women’s three-on-three basketball team (Olga Maznichanko, Krystyna Matsko and Viktoriia Paziuk) won silver.
Boxers Yaroslav Samofalov (69 kg, welterweight) won bronze and Gevorg Manukian (91 kg, heavyweight) won silver.
Swimmer Andrii Khloptsov won his second medal of the games (after winning gold in the men’s 50-meter butterfly) with a bronze in the men’s 50-meter backstroke.
For more information, readers may visit the tournament’s website, www.baku2015.com.