Hanna Shevchuk set a Ukrainian record in racewalking.

Within the framework of the Ukrainian championship, which took place in Ivano-Frankivsk, a local athlete broke the women's record by running a distance of 35 km in 2 hours 48 minutes and 4 seconds. This was reported on the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Athletics Federation.

The record was set by track and field athlete Hanna Shevchuk, who is also a silver medalist in the European Team Walking Championship.

The men's champion of Ukraine in racewalking was the athlete from Volyn, Ivan Banzeruk, who covered the distance in 2 hours 32 minutes and 09 seconds.

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Currently, the 23-year-old Mahuchikh is an Olympic champion and plans to participate in several more Olympic Games.

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