The Ukrainian adult table tennis championship took place on March 18-21 in Kyiv. The competition brought together about a hundred participants from different regions.
Representatives of Lviv region won bronze medals in the team competition among men and women.
Oleksandr Didukh, Bohdan Kohut, Oleksandr Datsenko, and Vadym Soltys played for the Lviv men’s team. On their way to the medals, they defeated rivals from Chernivtsi Oblast-2 (3-0) and Poltava Oblast (3-0). Then they lost to the Kyiv-1 team (1-3), which later won the championship. Thus, the athletes of Lviv region took third place.
The women’s team was represented by Diana Kolennikova, Victoria Shevchuk and Iryna Vasiv. In the quarterfinals, our tennis players defeated Kharkiv (3-2), in the semifinals they lost to Kyiv-1 (0-3), which eventually won 1st place. The athletes from Lviv region took third place.
“Table tennis is undoubtedly one of the most exciting sports. Its value also lies in the fact that it is an adaptive sport that can be practiced by people with various types of disabilities without any problems. The main base where we are developing this sport today is the Lviv Regional Children and Youth Sports School, and table tennis is also integrated into our rehabilitation program for war veterans, the League of the Unconquered,” said Roman Khimyak, head of the Youth and Sports Department of the Lviv Regional Military Administration.