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On the 19th of June 2012 a floorball presentation and a friendly game was arranged for the Ukrainian national team boxers at the Olympic camp in Tysovets in western Ukraine.

The eight men national team that includes four World Champions are preparing for the Olympics in London later this summer. Floorball is one of the alternative sports of their training routine.

One of the main stars of Ukrainian amateur boxing and Olympic gold medallist from Peking, Vasyl Lomachenko had following to say about floorball:
- Floorball is a fantastic sport full of dynamics and adrenaline, it’s perfect for us boxers.

Watch the interview clip on Youtube:

Results from Ukraine Open 2012

On 8-10th of June the biggest floorball tournament in Ukraine was held in the city of Lviv. It´s the forth time the Ukraine Open was organised and 35 teams from 6 different countries played in this year´s tournament. There was 4 different category´s.

In the Men’s category the final was an intriguing Russian-Swedish affair where Arena from St. Petersburg with 4 Russian national team players played against Linköping Crusaders Veterans with a notable player, Fredrik Holtz (in photo), from the Swedish champions Storvreta IBK.

After ordinary time and overtime the score was 5-5 and penalties had to separate the teams. In the shootout the Russians showed to be the strongest team. After a great tournament with many interesting matches Arena was the winner and the trophy went for the first time to a team from Russia.

The bronze medal went to Team Minsk from Belarus who beat FK Fans from Latvia with the score 8-6.

In the Women´s category the gold medal went to Riga Lauras from Latvia who beat X3M Lady also from Latvia with the score 6-1.

Watch Ukraine Open 2012 story on Youtube:

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