Oksana Livach, a 27-year-old Lviv wrestler (up to 50 kg), defeated her opponent from Uzbekistan, Aktenge Keunimzhayeva, with a score of 10:0 in the 1/8 finals.
At the Olympic Games in Paris, Oksana Livach, a wrestler from Lviv, defeated her opponent from Uzbekistan with a brilliant score of 10-0 and reached the quarterfinals. At this stage of the competition, unfortunately, she lost to India’s Vinesh Phegot 5:7.
Pehgot advanced to the final, so Oksana Livach got a chance to compete for third place.
In the quarterfinals, the Ukrainian, who is the eighth seed in the tournament, will meet 29-year-old Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat today. This rival created a super sensation in the last seconds of her fight, defeating the current Olympic champion, four-time world champion, and first-seeded Japanese Susaki Yui.
This fight will take place on August 7 at 12:00.
We would like to remind you that Oksana Livach is the heroine of the project “On the Verge” by the Department of Youth and Sports.
This is the first Ukrainian 9-part documentary that tells 16 personal and professional stories of athletes from Lviv region who represented Ukraine at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. In Tokyo, Oksana stopped one step short of a medal, losing in the consolation bout to American Sarah Hildebrandt.
You can watch the series about Oksana here: