Run 284 km after heart surgery: the Armed Forces fighter received bronze at the World Cup (photo)

The Ukrainian military participated in the battles on the Kherson front of the front, was injured, undergone a heart surgery. At the same time, he managed to update the national record with a 12-hour run. On December 9, the Department of Strategic Communications of the Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ("Stratkov of the Armed Forces") told about the Ukrainian fighter Andriy Tkachuk, who became the bronze winner of the daily running championship.

The man ran nearly 300 km in 24 hours, updating the national record. The event was written in the Telegram channel of the department. Andriy Tkachuk with a military call sign "Broad" won third place at the daily running championship, running 284. 540 km. At the same time he was able to improve the previous national record he set. In particular, earlier the record of 12-hour running was 155. 295 km, and thanks to Andrew-156. 8 km.

The race took place on December 1-2 in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, the message is reported. The soldiers were released to participate in the championship, in which he gave way to repeated winners - Lithuanian Alexander Sorokin, author of the world record, and Greek Footios Zisimopoulos, which also has a number of victories in world athletic competitions. There is no message about Victory on Facebook on Facebook. But there you can read that in April 2023 he underwent heart surgery.

The post stated that with chronic tachycardia he managed to become a master of sports and the record holder of the world. And after half a year - has a bronze medal in the daily race. It should be noted that the daily running championship is international Ultramarathon competitions, during which runners run 24 hours. The winner of 2023 - Oleksandr Sokolov - overcame 301. 8 km in the day, wrote on the portal "World of Light athletics".

They also published photos showing the Ukrainian fighter Andrei Tkachuk after the finish line. Meanwhile, Stratko noted that Tkachuk is a fighter 128 of the Armed Forces, which participated in the anti-terrorist operation in 2014-2015. For his participation in the battles he received the opportunity - the medal "Defender of the Fatherland". During one collision with the enemy, he was injured, but then returned to his brothers.