champion.com.ua, 28.09.2004, 15:17 \n \nThe Ukrainian national team at the Paralympics in Athens won 55 medals, 24 of which are gold, 12 silver and 19 bronze. Ukrainians won the most medals in swimming and track and field athletics. In the overall team standings, the Ukrainians finished in sixth place, behind China (63-46-32), Great Britain (35-30-29), Canada (28-19-25), the USA (27-22-39) and Australia (26-38-36). \n \nOlena Akopian won the last gold medals in Athens in the 50-meter freestyle and the Ukrainian men's swimming team in the 4x100 m medley relay, with a result of 4:13.65, setting a new world and Paralympic record. The winners were Serhiy Klippert, Oleksandr Mashchenko, Serhiy Demchyk and Dmytro Aleksieiev. \n \nSilver on Monday was won by Dmyro Kryzhanivskyi in the 50-meter freestyle. \n \nBronze awards were won by: Ivan Kytsenko (triple jump), the team of track and field athletes consisting of: Zhyltsov Andrii, Onufriienko Andrii, Norenko Serhii and Driha Oleksandr – in the 4x100 meter relay and Diachenko Inna – 400 m (track and field athletics). \n\nOn Tuesday the athletes will compete for the last three sets of medals and today the closing ceremony of the games will also take place, which will be held according to a less pompous scenario due to an accident in Greece of a bus in which seven schoolchildren who were traveling to the Paralympic competitions died. \n \nThe Ukrainian national team returns home on Thursday, September 30. \n \n \n