Olga Khalan wins first medal for “Ukrainian people”

Fencer Olga Karan won the bronze medal on Monday In the individual sabre event, it was Ukraine’s first medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and he dedicated it to the “Ukrainian people.”

This medal “This is very special for my country. Because it’s for my country,” he said.

“This is also for the Ukrainian people. “For their defenders, for the athletes who could not come (to Paris) because they were murdered by Russia,” she added excitedly. “And also for all the athletes who represented Ukraine.”

Karan won the third place match by a score of one to one A narrow gap of 15-14 Choi Se-bin, a South Korean player ranked 24th in the world, completed a wonderful comeback after falling behind 11-5.

Third place might be a consolation She lost her chance to win the best individual medal of the tournament in the semi-finals to France’s Sarah Balzer.

He extended his Olympic record to five medals: Gold medal in team sabre at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, bronze medal in individual sabre at the 2012 London and Rio Olympics.

Karan told AFP Olympic gold medal “is a goal”, But “the war is over” is his dream, and this Monday is special.

“This is different,” he said. “We’re showing the world that we can fight.”

“We will not give up” “I can prove it,” Karan assured. “Somehow.”

However, individual gold metals, Still elusive for Ukrainian fencersNow 33 years old, he has won numerous titles in other major international competitions, including four first places in the World Championships and six first places in the European Championships.

Paris Olympics They might be the last fencers The most dominant of the past decade.

Karan is exhausted by months of political fighting She opposed Russia’s return to the sport and was distressed by her family at home during the war, in addition to the toll the sport took on her body.