Set a record: Swimmer Oleksandr Komarov wins Ukraine's first gold at 2024 Paralympics
Photo: Oleksandr Komarov (facebook.com/NationalSportsCommitteeOfTheDisabledOfUkraine)
Ukrainian swimmer Oleksandr Komarov won a gold medal at the 2024 Paralympics. He set a new Paralympic record, according to the results of the competition.
Ukrainian swimmer Komarov took first place in the 100-meter freestyle in the S5 class (for swimmers with moderate coordination impairments, severely impaired movement in the torso and legs or missing limbs).
Komarov finished with a time of 1:07.77, setting a new S5 class record. The second place went to China's Guo Jincheng with a time of 1:08.22.
This is Komarov's second gold medal; his first was won at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in the 4x400 meter relay.
What preceded it
Ukraine has now won seven medals at the 2024 Paralympics.
Specifically, Ukrainian swimmer Iryna Poida has secured two silver medals.
