Rio 2016: Ukrainian gymnast Radivilov reaches final

Bronze medalist at the Olympic Games 2012 in London Ihor Radivilov has reached the final in vaulting at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

“Our gymnast has reached the final in his best vault and helped the whole team. We cheer for Ihor [Radivilov] very much,” Minister of Youth and Sport Ihor Zhdanov wrote on his Facebook page, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

Earlier the representative of the Ukrainian team Kou Lei won the competition in table tennis at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He outplayed the Egyptian Amar Assar by a score of 4:3, and thus, reached the third stage of the competition.