Announcement of another competitive day of the Olympics. What to expect from Ukrainians?.

On the second competitive day of the 2024 Olympic Games, 14 Ukrainian athletes will start their competitions. They will compete for the highest possible places in sports such as artistic gymnastics, judo, shooting, table tennis, swimming, rowing, cycling, badminton, and canoe slalom.

Three medal chances on July 28 will be Bohdan Yadov, Viktoria Us, and Yana Belomoina. Yadov will compete in judo (weight category up to 66 kilograms), Us will perform in the semifinal round of canoe slalom, and Belomoina in the Olympic cross-country mountain biking. For all other athletes, there will be qualifying competitions or matches of the first stages.

In shooting, vice-champion of the 2016 Olympics Serhiy Kulish will compete for the final in the air rifle event. Also, young Ukrainian gymnast Anna Laschevska will attempt to pass the qualification by performing the all-around program.

Oleksandr Zheltakov will swim 100 meters on his back, first trying to reach the semifinals and then the finals. Stanislav Kovaliov and Ihor Khmara will also try to advance to the semifinals in the men's lightweight double sculls.

Polina Bugrova, the sole representative of Ukraine in badminton, will start the group stage against strong Indonesian badminton player Mariska Gregoria Tunjung. If there is no rain at the Stade Roland Garros courts, Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Angelina Kalinina, and Dayana Yastremska are scheduled to play their 1/32 final matches.

Ukrainian schedule for July 28

10:30 AM. Artistic gymnastics, women. Qualification. Anna Laschevska

Starting from 11:00 AM. Judo, men. Weight category up to 66 kg. Preliminary bouts. Bohdan Yadov

12:15 PM. Shooting, men. Air rifle, 10 meters. Qualification. Serhiy Kulish

12:30 PM. Table tennis, women. 1/32 final. Margarita Pesotska - Orawan Paranang

12:43 PM. Swimming, men. 100 meters backstroke. Qualification. Oleksandr Zheltakov

1:00 PM. Rowing, men. Lightweight double sculls. Preliminary heats. Stanislav Kovaliov/Ihor Khmara

2:30 PM. Tennis, women. Singles. 1/32 final. Elina Svitolina - Moyuka Uchijima

3:10 PM. Cycling, women. Mountain biking, cross-country. Yana Belomoina

4:00 PM. Tennis, women. Singles. 1/32 final. Marta Kostyuk - Lulu Sun

4:30 PM. Canoe slalom, women. Kayak. Semifinal. Viktoria Us

5:30 PM. Tennis, women. Singles. 1/32 final. Angelina Kalinina - Arantxa Rus

7:00 PM. Tennis, women. Singles. 1/32 final. Dayana Yastremska - Laura Pigossi

In case of advancing to the next rounds

5:00 PM. Judo, men. Weight category up to 66 kg. Final block. Bohdan Yadov

6:45 PM. Canoe slalom, women. Kayak. Final. Viktoria Us

10:32 PM. Swimming, men. 100 meters backstroke. Semifinal. Oleksandr Zheltakov

Let us recall that a very intense morning program of the first day's competitions in Paris concluded with a highlight in the form of rowing events. Our country will compete in two disciplines at the Olympics – the women's quadruple sculls and the men's lightweight double sculls.

Notably, Ukraine will be represented in almost all sports at the Olympics, except team sports. At the same Time, the football team will participate in the Games for the first time since independence.