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Sport is very popular in our country, in our lyceum of course and all over the world. And now I want to check your knowledge of sports and sportsmen of our country. Your task will be the following: have a look at the screen and guess a sportsman, the sports he/ she represents and tell us why are they famous all over the world. Do you understand the task? So, please… 

Andriy Shevchenko (football)

Andriy Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 63 goals. The most prestigious of Andriy’s awards were the Golden Ball and the UEFA Champions League in 2003 with Milan.

Liliya Podkopayeva (gymnastics)

Liliya Podkopayeva is the 1996 Olympic all-around champion. She is widely regarded as one of the best gymnasts in history. She is the proud owner of 45 gold, 21 silver and 14 bronze medals.

Sergey Bubka (pole vaulting)

Serhiy Bubka is six times world champion (between 1983 and 1997), European champion in 1986 and Olympic champion in 1988. He broke the world record for men's pole vaulting 35 times. He was the first to clear 6.0 metres and the first and only to clear 6.10 metres (20 ft). He holds the current outdoor world record of 6.14 metres in 1994 in Italy and the current indoor world record of 6.15 meters, set in 1993 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Yana Klochkova (swimming)

Yana Klochkova is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals. 4 gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Vasyl Virastyuk (strongman)

Vasyl Virastyuk is a strongman competitor from Ukraine. He competed in the finals of the World’s Strongest Man contest in 2003 (3rd place) and 2004 (1st place). As well he won the 2007 IFSA Strongman World Championship.

Olena Kostevych (shooting)

Olena Kostevych is a pistol shooter from Chernihiv, Ukraine. At the age of 17, Kostevych won the 10 m Air Pistol event at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships. She followed this with a victory in the 2003 ISSF World Cup Final, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics in London Olena Kostevych won two bronze medals in 10 metre and 25 meter air pistol competitions.

Khotin Evgen (military-sports all-round athlete)

Khotin Evgen, the student of Chernigiv Military Lyceum, is the World Champion in Military-Sports All-Round. He got his gold medal in Kharkiv (2012). Besides, he has many other medals and awards. Khotin Evgen is the Candidate for Master of Sport.

Mekhed Alexander (kickboxing)

Mekhed Alexander is the student of Chernigiv Military Lyceum and he is the Champion of Europe in Kickboxing. Besides, Mekhed Alexander is the Candidate for Master of Sport.

Vakulenko Dmytro (boxing)

Vakulenko Dmytro, the student of Chernigiv Military Lyceum, has the Second Adult Rank in Boxing.

Zhmud Valentin (boxing)

Zhmud Valentin, the student of Chernigiv Military Lyceum, has the First Youth Rank in Boxing.

Korol Nikita (boxing)

Korol Nikita is the student of Chernigiv Military Lyceum and has the First Adult Rank in Boxing.

Oparij Valentin (swimming)

Oparij Valentin, the student of Chernigiv Military Lyceum, has the First Adult Rank in Swimming.