Kharkiv sportsmen won three medals in Paralympic games

11:15 04.09.2012
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Kharkiv sportsmen won three medals in Paralympic games

Kharkiv won one gold medal and two silver medals on ХIV summer Paralympic games.


As the official site of Paralympics informs the distance in 200 m in complex swimming Kharkiv swimmer Maksim Veraksa has not only shown the best result but has set a new paraolympic record.

Antonina Khodzynska
won silver medal in table tennis for Ukraine and yielded the championship to Russian sportswoman Raisa Chebanika with the overall scoring 0:3.  

Besides, in woman breast stroke swim in 100 m distance Kharkiv Yana Berezhna took second place after her rival Maja Reichard from Sweden, who swam  the distance with the world record, and got silver medal. 
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