Athletics in Ukraine
Athletics in Ukraine
Athletics in Ukraine
1. Athletics is one of the oldest sports. 2800 4. The queen of sports includes a large number of disciplines: running at various
years - that's the age of Athletics! distances, walking, long and high jumps (with a pole), throwing various projectiles
(javelins, disks, hammers and shots). Both men and women are now participating.
2. Athletics is an Olympic sport that includes running,
walking, jumping and throwing. It is one of the main and 5. ATHLETICS STARS OF UKRAINE
most popular sports. Originated in Britain in the 18th
Ukrainian athlete Sergei Bubka became the first person in the world to jump
century. The IAAF International Amateur Federation
above six meters. Bubka's record at open stadiums (6.14 meters) has not been
(IAAF), founded in 1912, has about 190 countries (as of
broken so far! He is the only athlete in the world who has won six world
1991). It has been on the program of the Olympic Games
championships in a row.
since 1896, at the World Championships since 1983, and
at the European Championships since 1934. Ukrainian athlete Inessa Kravets went down in history by setting an achievement
that no one can repeat so far! In the Swedish Gothenburg at the World
3. Since 1908, the country's athletics Championships, our athlete broke the world record in the triple jump, flying 15.50
championships have been held in Ukraine, and meters!
since 1913, for the first time, Ukrainian athletes At the World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, our athlete Yuri
took part in the V Olympic Games in Stockholm, Krymarenko won first place in the high jump.
but the performance was unsuccessful. In 1910,
the first track and field athletics competition Ukrainian athlete Bohdan Bondarenko with a national record (2.41 meters) won
was held in Ukraine. In the same year, the first the "gold" of the world championship in high jump. Anna Melnichenko also became
competitions for women were held. the champion in the heptathlon.