The national Paralympic team is successfully competing at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup, which is taking place from 23 to 26 May in São Paulo, Brazil.
The competition involves 127 athletes from 34 countries. The Ukrainian team is represented by 12 athletes, including three from Lviv region: Natalia Morkvich, Anton Datsko and Andriy Demchuk.
Anton Datsko won bronze in men’s foil category B.
Andrii Demchuk won a bronze medal in men’s sabre category A.
“Anton Datsko’s coaches are Svitlana Kolesnikova and Viktor Nikulin, and Andriy Demchuk’s coaches are Svitlana Kolesnikova and Pylyp Kolesnikov. The athletes represent the Lviv Regional Centre for Physical Culture and Sports for the Disabled “Invasport”,” said Roman Khimyak, head of the Youth and Sports Department of the Lviv Regional Military Administration.