Ukraine secured a clean sweep of medals in two more Para biathlon events at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing on Tuesday
Iryna Bui led the first Ukrainian podium sweep of the day in the women's middle distance standing as Oleksandra Kononova claimed silve, while Liudmyla Liashenko completed the line-up with bronze.Kononova said she was proud to share the podium with her compatriots but admitted her mind was elsewhere with her country at war."This medal is really special and unique for me because now we have a very difficult emotional pressure," she said.
Vitaliy Lukyanenko won comfortably and in the process secured the eighth Paralympic gold medal of his career, with Anatoliy Kovalevskyi and Dmytro Suiarko crossing the line to win silver and bronze, respectively.