ODESA, JUNE 20th, 2011, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE — The bronze-winner of the ХХІХ Summer Olympics in Beijing in canoeing Yurii Cheban from Odesa has won the bronze at the European Championships in Belgrade

Mr Chaban informed the agency about it today in a telephone converstation.

At a distance of 200 m canoe singles he won the bronze medal (40.161 seconds). Valentin Demyanenko (Azerbaijan) was the first, the second — Alfonso Lopez de Ayala Benavides (Spain).

As Mr Cheban added, Ukrainian team won 1 silver and 2 bronze at these competitions.