In the coming days, it will become known about the need for surgery
Captain national team of Ukraine basketball Vyacheslav Kravtsov received a torn Achilles tendon.
The player was injured in the pre-qualification match for the 2024 Olympics with Croatia. Preliminary examination revealed a rupture of the Achilles. A deeper examination will be carried out in the coming days, after which the question of the need for surgery will be decided.
Recall that in the match with Croatia, Kravtsov scored 15 points, which allowed him to become the most productive player in the history of the Ukrainian national team. Vyacheslav reached 603 points for his career in the national team, beating the result of Sergey Lishchuk by 7 points (596).
The Ukrainian national team lost to Croatia in the semi-finals of the Olympic pre-qualification (70:85). In the group round, the blue-yellows defeated the teams of Bulgaria and Iceland, and lost to Turkey in the battle for the first place.
The Ukrainian men’s national team dropped out of the fight for the Olympic ticket. Only the winner of the pre-qualification tournament will be admitted to the main Olympic qualification. This title Croatia will challenge with Turkey in the final match on Sunday, August 20.
Source: Sportarena
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