This is the first award from the Deaflympic Games in the history of Lviv region.
The athlete won a gold medal in cross-country skiing. Yaroslav Guliovaty worked for 16 years to achieve this result. In addition to the fact that this is an important achievement for an athlete, this is the first award from the Olympic Games in the history of the Lviv region.
“Yaroslav Gulyovaty’s trainer is Volodymyr Lyubizhanin, who also heads the Lviv regional center “Invasport”. We congratulate both the athlete and his mentor, this is an excellent result that is the result of a lot of hard work,” Roman Khimyak, head of the Youth and Sports Department of the Lviv Regional Military Administration, congratulated the athlete.
We will remind that the 20th Winter Deaflympic Games will last in Erzurum, Turkey, until March 12. Eight athletes from the Lviv region representing three sports: curling, chess and cross-country skiing are representing the Ukrainian national team.