Ukraine's Paralympic team ends Russia's 16-year winning streak

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Ukraine's Paralympic team ends Russia's 16-year winning streak
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Ukraine's athletes topped the table in Para Biathlon with 22 medals, including eight golds.

's athletes topped the table in Para Biathlon at the Beijing Paralympic Winter Games, with 22 medals: eight gold, nine silver and five bronze.noted that Russia had topped the medal count in Para Biathlon for the previous 16 years.

Competitors from Russia and Belarus were initially going to compete in the Winter Paralympics but were banned following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's haul followed a successful final day of competition at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre in which they won three out of the six golds on offer.

Ukraine started the final day strongly after Liudmyla Liashenko won the Women's individual standing title. She had previously won a silver and bronze in the women's sprint standing and women's middle distance standing. Ukraine's Liudmyla Liashenko celebrates after winning the women's individual standing para biathlon final event on March 11, 2022, at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre during the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games. Ukraine topped the medals table at the end of the competition.

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