Vitaly Tersiuk won the "silver" of the 2026 Youth Olympics in sport walking for 5,000 m.
Tersyuk covered the distance in 20:55.54 minutes and got on the podium of the first Ukrainian branch of athletics in Dakar.
For the first time in 16 years, Ukraine reached the podium of the Youth Games in sport walking - since the 2010 Olympics, when Ihor Liashchenko won gold in the 10,000 m.
The Ukrainian national team has four medals at the 2026 Youth Olympics: "gold", two "silver" and "bronze".