Ukraine received the first Olympic medal

The Ukrainian Olena Kostevych won a bronze medal in air pistol shooting from a distance of ten meters at the Olympic Games in London. This is the first medal for Ukraine at the Olympics 2012.

Kostevych scored a total of 486.6 points. The winner of the competition and the Olympic champion is the Chinese athlete Venyun Guo with the result of 488.1 points. The French athlete Celine Gobervill got a silver medal beating the Ukrainian in a shoot off, as after ten rounds Gobervill and Kostevych scored the same number of points.

Kostevych also won a medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.