Gymnasts Kovtun, Verniaev and Chepurny win World Cup medals

18 February 21:25

Ukrainian gymnasts have won three medals at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Cairo. This is reported by the with reference to the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.

“Ukraine’s podium in the parallel bars was a double success. Ilya Kovtun celebrated his victory, while Oleg Verniaiev won silver! Nazar Chepurnyi brought another silver medal to our team today in the vault,”

– said the NOC of Ukraine.

The Ukrainians won two medals in the parallel bars. Ilya Kovtun won gold with a total of 15.600 points.

Olympic champion Oleh Verniayev took silver with a score of 15.230.

Josimar Calvo Moreno from Colombia was third.

nazar Chepurny, 21, who was the bronze medallist of the last World Championships in the vault, scored a total of 14.900 for the two jumps.

It should be noted that last autumn, the Ukrainian men’s gymnastics team won a licence for the 2024 Olympics.

Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian Vladislav Bukhov won gold at the World Swimming Championships.

Остафійчук Ярослав
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