“The medals have no importance, compared to what our families and friends live, and the people who have already suffered in the war in Ukraine”Oksana Shyshkova declared.
Lukianenko dedicated his gold to the people “who protect our cities.”
Ukraine accumulates after this Saturday a total of seven medals (three silvers and one bronze, in addition to the three golds).
In the number of metals, host China is one higher, having achieved eight (two gold, three silver, three bronze) and is second in the medal table.
Until now, China had only one medal in a Paralympic Games, gold in curling in 2018. With eight medals in a single day at this start of the 2022 Games, it is confirmed as a new Paralympic power in sports of winter.
Their titles on Saturday also came in biathlon, with Liu Zixu (men’s sitting sprint) and Guo Yujie (women’s standing sprint).
In alpine skiing, 16-year-old Austrian Johannes Aigner won the low-vision downhill event, while experienced Slovakian Henrieta Farkasova (35) won the same event, claiming her 10th Paralympic gold.
Source: Ambito
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