“The XVII Summer Paralympic Games are the eighth Summer Games with the participation of Ukrainian Paralympic athletes”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
In total, 4,400 athletes from more than 169 countries will take part in the competition. Ukraine will be represented by 140 athletes who will compete in 17 out of 22 sports. This is the largest representation of Ukraine by sports, previously there were 15 of them.
The largest number of Ukrainian Paralympians will be represented in swimming (37), another 28 para-athletes will perform in athletics.
The XVII Summer Paralympic Games are the eighth Summer Games with the participation of Ukrainian Paralympic athletes. During the years of independence, Ukrainians took part in seven summer and seven winter Paralympic Games and won a total of 613 medals.