Diver from Mykolaiv became the second in the world

Oleksiy Sereda wins a World Cup medal, while Russians destroy their first training base, Chornomorets starts its journey in the First League, and Ukraine wins historic victories in beach volleyball and motorsports. Read more about this in the digest of sports events from the South by Intent.

Diving into the water. Oleksiy Sereda takes the award

Oleksiy Sereda (left). PHOTO: Ukrainian Diving Federation

• The World Aquatics Championships were held in Singapore last week. While the performance of Ukrainians in swimming can be called a failure, as not a single athlete made it to the final heats, the results in diving were better. The bronze medalist of last year's championship, Oleksiy Sereda from Mykolaiv , reached the final competition among men on the 10-meter platform.
• According to the results of the final jumps, Oleksiy managed to score 515.2 points. Consistently high scores allowed Sereda to win a silver medal. This is the highest personal achievement of the 19-year-old athlete, who has previously been twice runner-up in synchronized jumping. By the way, Kirill Bolyukh and Stanislav Oliferchik were fourth in this discipline.

<span>Games and results</span>

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PHOTO: FC Chornomorets

• <span> Chornomorets Odesa played its first match of the season in the First League. This is the sixth time since independence that the Blue and Blacks have played in the second-ranked division, with four of the previous five ending in promotion. About 1,400 spectators at the stadium witnessed the Sailors' narrow victory. Oleksandr Sklyar and Ivan Kohut scored the goals</span>.
• Other representatives of Odesa football - the second team of Chornomorets and Real Pharma - also started in the Second League. So far, they have no victories.

Elina Svitolina. Photo: OBNMontreal

• The WTA1000 hard court tournament continues in Montreal. Four Ukrainian women started at once. It is noteworthy that all of them made it to at least the third round. Diana Yastremska and Yulia Starodubtseva have already completed their performances, while Marta Kostiuk and Elina Svitolina managed to make it to the quarterfinals and will continue to compete this week. Kostiuk will play against Yelena Rybakina in the 1/4 against Yelena Rybakina, who knocked out Yastremska in a three-set thriller in the 1/8.

• For Elina, this is her fourth quarterfinal appearance at tournaments of this level in 2025 - only Wimbledon champion Iga Szwiątek has more.

<span>Events of the week</span>

Marina Gladun and Tatiana Lazarenko. PHOTO: CEV

• Ukrainian beach volleyball players Marina Gladun and Tatiana Lazarenko became European beach volleyball champions. The duo from Chornomorsk , Eva Serdyuk and Daria Romaniuk, took third place in the group stage in their group and did not make it to the 1/8 finals in the additional round match

Alexander Bondarev. PHOTO: Prema Racing

• For the first time in the history of Ukrainian motorsport, a Ukrainian won at the level of a major formula series. Oleksandr Bondarev triumphed at the final race of the Italian Formula 4 stage at the Imola track. In general, the 16-year-old athlete is 11th in the overall standings and 5th among the newcomers.

The Vodoley sports complex. PHOTO: MikVisti

• On the evening of August 2, a missile attack by Russian troops severely damaged the Vodoley sports complex in Mykolaiv, one of the main training bases for Ukrainian diving and synchronized swimming teams. The blast wave smashed out windows and covered some of the premises with rubble. Yes, this is the same complex where Oleksiy Sereda, the protagonist of today's digest, started his career in sports. The regional authorities have already assured us that the sports complex will be restored.
  
  As always, we wish you and your favorite athletes and teams success!

Адлен Муатс