Photo: Official site of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Ukrainian judoka won a bronze medal at the third Youth Olympic Games in Argentina. This is reportedly on the official website of National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.
It is known that 17-year-old Veredyba defeated rival Roman Valadier-Picard from France in the category up to 55 kilograms.
«I want to sincerely thank all who supported me today in this room! I felt it all and heard it! When you hear the cries of «Ukraine! Ukraine!», then you have new forces and a great desire to go forward and only win», the athlete said.
It is known that athletes aged 15 to 18 years old are taking part in the Youthful Olympic Games-2018. Ukraine this year at the competition is represented bys 55 Olympians in 22 sports.
During the last two Olympics, the Ukrainians received 64 awards, of which 19 were gold medals.
As The Journalist previously reported, the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games took place in Argentina.
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