Tag: Khyzhniak
Oleksandr Khyzhniak, Ukraine’s gold medal-winning boxer, returns home and lifts spirits amid war
Posted: August 10, 2024 at 10:21 am / Sports
Ukraine's gold medal-winning boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak gave a military salute to the crowd gathered to celebrate his return to the war-torn country from the Paris Olympics. Stepping out of the special Olympic Express train at Kyiv’s central railway station, Khyzhniak, 29, greeted fans, friends and family. The athlete from Poltava is also a serviceman of […]
Two-time Olympic gold medalist boxer Arlen López of Cuba loses in Paris semis to Oleksandr Khyzhniak
Posted: August 4, 2024 at 10:21 am / Sports
Two-time gold medal-winning boxer Arlen López of Cuba was eliminated by Oleksandr Khyzhniak of Ukraine on Sunday night in the 80-kilogram semifinals at the Paris Olympics. López fell short in his bid to join Hungary's Laszlo Papp and fellow Cubans Teófilo Stevenson and Félix Savón as the only three-time Olympic boxing gold medalists. López will […]