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President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated the Ukrainian athletes on the second place and noted that for the Ukrainian state, this is already the fourth silver medal won at the Tokyo Olympics.

“Our canoeists Liudmyla Luzan and Anastasia Chetverikova won the fourth Olympic silver medal for Ukraine at a distance of 500 m. For Liudmyla, this is already the second medal won at the Games. Congratulations to the girls on an excellent result! You are the best,” Zelensky said on Twitter on August 7 morning.

Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian canoeists Liudmyla Luzan and Anastasia Chetverikova took second place in the pair canoeing among women’s duets at a distance of 500 meters at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.