Reception:
On the first competitive day of the World Cup Superfinal in diving in Sanya, China, Ukrainians Sofia Lyskun and Ksenia Baylo won bronze medals.
For their synchronized dives from the platform, the girls scored 294.42 points, trailing behind the Chinese and Canadian pairs.
Ihor Lysov, President of the Ukrainian Diving and Synchronized Swimming Federation, congratulated the girls and the coaching staff on the award and wished them not to slack off!
This bronze became the second medal for our athletes in this year’s World Cup. They first stepped onto the podium at the stage in Berlin.
“For us, for all of Ukraine, every medal, every victory is important like never before! Therefore, we would like to thank our defenders for the opportunity to compete on the international stage and once again remind the world that Ukrainian athletes, despite the war, are capable of rising to the podium because we are a strong and unbreakable nation,” commented Ksenia Baylo and Sofia Lyskun on their performance!