Ukraine competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine sent a total of 43 athletes.
The women's relay victory gave Ukraine its second Winter Games gold medal ever.Minute's silence respected at Ukraine news conference, Reuters (21 February 2014). The first was won by Oksana Baiul at the 1994 Winter Olympics.Oksana Baiul, Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 4 January 2011. On 22 February, cross-country skier Maryna Lisohor was excluded from the Olympics after testing positive for trimetazidine.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 1 1 2Biathlon 5 6 11Cross-country 2 6 8Figure skating 3 3 6Freestyle skiing 2 4 6Luge 4 2 6Nordic combined 1 0 1Short track speed skating 0 1 1Snowboarding 1 1 2 Total 19 24 43
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Vita SemerenkoJuliya DzhymaValj SemerenkoOlena Pidhrushna Biathlon Women's relay 21 February Biathlon Women's sprint 9 February
Alpine skiing
Ukraine qualified 2 berths, one male and one female.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDmytro MytsakMen's giant slalom1:34.22671:37.18643:11.4060Men's slalom1:01.5772Men's super-Gcolspan=4 1:28.51 52Bohdana MatsotskaWomen's giant slalom1:25.25481:25.28452:50.5343Women's super-Gcolspan=4 1:31.58 27
Biathlon
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Ukraine qualified 5 men and 6 women.
Men AthleteEventTimeMissesRankAndriy DeryzemlyaSprint25:29.01 (0+1)22Pursuit36:21.53 (0+0+1+2)36Individual54:40.03 (0+2+1+0)46Dmytro PidruchnyiIndividual55:53.43 (1+0+1+1)55Artem PrymaSprint25:57.61 (0+1)32Pursuit37:39.34 (0+1+2+1)44Individual58:35.27 (3+1+0+3)81Serhiy SednevSprint26:16.81 (1+ 0)44Pursuit39:33.83 (1+0+1+1)54Serhiy SemenovSprint26:10.41 (1+0)41Pursuit36:48.13 (0+2+1+0)39Individual51:07.91 (1+0+0+0)9Andriy DeryzemlyaDmytro PidruchnyiArtem PrymaSerhiy SemenovTeam relay1:14:21.17 (0+7)9
Women AthleteEventTimeMissesRankJuliya DzhymaSprint22:55.53 (1+2)42PursuitIndividual45:49.91 (0+1+0+0)7Mass start38:10.84 (0+0+2+2)22Olena PidhrushnaSprint22:12.81 (0+1)26Pursuit31:54.21 (0+0+0+1)22Individual45:59.51 (0+0+0+1)8Mass start36:37.10 (0+0+0+0)7Valj SemerenkoSprint21:44.91 (0+1)12Pursuit30:23.61 (1+0+0+0)5Individual47:28.22 (1+0+1+0)19Mass start37:03.52 (0+0+2+0)12Vita SemerenkoSprint21:28.50 (0+0)Pursuit30:40.32 (0+1+1+0)10Individual48:29.23 (0+0+0+3)29Mass start37:16.11 (0+0+1+0)16Juliya DzhymaOlena PidhrushnaValj SemerenkoVita SemerenkoTeam relay1:10:02.55 (0+5)
Mixed
AthleteEventTimeMissesRankNatalya BurdygaMariya PanfilovaAndriy DeryzemlyaSerhiy SemenovTeam relay1:12:05.29 (1+8)7
Cross-country skiing
Ukraine qualified 7 berths.
Distance Men AthleteEventFinalTimeDeficitRankOleksii Krasovskyi15 km classical44:35.4 +6:05.769
Women AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankMaryna Antsybor15 km skiathlon21:06.14921:01.94442:42.5 +4:08.94930 km freestylecolspan=4 1:16:22.7 +5:17.535Tetyana Antypenko10 km classicalcolspan=4 31:06.9 +2:49.12815 km skiathlon21:19.55121:41.65243:40.3 +5:06.752Kateryna Hryhorenko10 km classicalcolspan=4 32:03.5 +3:45.74615 km skiathlon21:11.65021:01.24342:47.2 +4:13.64930 km freestylecolspan=4 1:17:53.0 +6:47.838Marina Lisogor10 km classicalcolspan=4 33:35.4 +5:17.658Valentina Shevchenko10 km classicalcolspan=4 30:33.0 +2:15.22215 km skiathlon20:17.03420:00.61840:50.7 +2:17.12730 km freestylecolspan=4 1:12:42.6 +1:37.414Maryna AntsyborTetyana AntypenkoKateryna HryhorenkoValentina Shevchenko4×5 km relaycolspan=4 56:56.1 +3:53.412
Sprint Men AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankOleksii KrasovskyiSprint4:35.0881did not advanceRuslan Perekhoda3:43.61 50did not advanceOleksii KrasovskyiRuslan PerekhodaTeam sprintcolspan=4 25:31.1311did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMaryna AntsyborSprint2:40.5534did not advanceMarina Lisogor2:53.2258did not advanceKateryna Serdyuk2:44.1245did not advanceMarina LisogorKateryna SerdyukTeam sprintcolspan=4 did not advance According to press reports Lisogor and Serdyuk had refused to start because they had been denied to wear black arm bands to honor those killed in the violent clashes Ukraine's capital Kyiv the previous day. Ukrainians in Sochi did not come to Sprint, because they were forbidden mourning ribbons, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 February 2014). The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine claimed Serdyuk was injured. Ukrainian skier did not come to start in Sochi, the NOC said, but not because of Maidan, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 February 2014).
Figure skating
Ukraine has achieved the following quota places:
Athlete Event// Total Points Rank Points Rank Points RankYakov GodorozhaMen's singles62.65 21 Q119.5419182.19 20 Natalia PopovaLadies' singles47.4227did not advance Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri RudykPairs48.4520did not advanceSiobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri DunIce dancing41.90 24did not advance
Team trophy AthleteEventShort program/Short danceFree skate/Free danceMen'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotalMen'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotalPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsRankPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsRankYakov Godorozha (M)Natalia Popova (L) Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri Rudyk (P) Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun (I)Team trophy60.51353.44346.34249.192109did not advance
Freestyle skiing
Ukraine qualified 7 berths, three male and four female (all aerial).
Aerials AthleteEventQualification FinalJump 1Jump 2Jump 1Jump 2Jump 3PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankOleksandr AbramenkoMen's aerials109.506 Qcolspan=2 119.033 Q113.126 did not advanceMykola Puzderko98.411277.8814 did not advanceNadiya DidenkoWomen's aerialsdid not advanceOlga Polyuk70.761274.979did not advanceAnastasiya Novosad56.841874.3410did not advanceNadiya Mokhnatska52.441969.3111did not advance
Luge
Ukraine has qualified a total of six athletes and a spot in the team relay.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndriy KisMen's singles53.5333053.3582853.0462952.859283:32.79628Andriy Mandziy53.6533353.6603253.2273253.062303:33.60231Oleksandr ObolonchykRoman ZakharkivMen's doubles51.7951951.23316colspan=4 1:43.02817Olena ShkhumovaWomen's singles51.2111851.0921951.128171:01:416313:34.84731Olena Stetskiv52.0642851.5532651.9912851.889263:27.49726Andriy KisOleksandr ObolonchykOlena ShkhumovaRoman ZakharkivMixed team relay55.6711056.8821058.50212colspan=2 2:51.05511
Nordic combined
Ukraine qualified one male athlete.
AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotalDistancePointsRankTimeRankTimeRankViktor PasichnykNormal hill/10 km95.0112.12726:13.54227:31.542Large hill/10 km122.5104.62023:59.63125:37.630
Short track speed skating
Ukraine qualified 1 woman in the 1000 m for the Olympics during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013.
Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSofiya Vlasova1000 m1:32.4954did not advance26 Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
Snowboarding
Ukraine qualified 2 berths, one male and one female (all parallel). Alpine AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankYosyf PenyakMen's giant slalom1:41.1423did not advanceMen's slalom1:00.1719did not advanceAnnamari ChundakWomen's giant slalom1:53.7121did not advanceWomen's slalom1:05.7621did not advance
Concerns and controversies
On 19 February 2014, Ukrainian athletes asked for and were refused permission by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to wear black armbands to honour those killed in the violent clashes in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on the previous day.Hockey heartache for hosts, Ukraine violence shocks Games, Reuters (19 February 2014). According to IOC spokesman Mark Adams, "They weren't forbidden to wear armbands. The Ukrainian NOC met with IOC officials informally yesterday. They discussed what should be done, and they reached the conclusion there were other ways of marking this moment. Some athletes have taken other views and other ways of doing things".Some Ukraine team members leave Games - IOC, Reuters (20 February 2014). IOC president Thomas Bach offered his condolences "to those who have lost loved ones in these tragic events".
Alpine skier Bohdana Matsotska refused to participate further at the Olympic Games in protest against the violence.Ukrainian Olympic alpine skier quits Sochi, blames Yanukovych for deaths on EuroMaidan, Kyiv Post (19 February 2014). She and her father posted a message on Facebook stating, "In solidarity with the fighters on the barricades of the Maidan, and as a protest against the criminal actions made towards the protesters, the irresponsibility of the president and his issues with the government, we refuse further performance at the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014". Matsotska was reportedly followed by about thirty Ukrainian athletes who left Sochi and returned to their country (mostly after having competed), leaving a dozen present at the Games."Les violences en Ukraine s'invitent aux JO de Sotchi", France Info, 19 February 2014.
On 20 February 2014, the Ukrainian NOC reported that as many as half of the Ukrainian athletes at the Olympics had left the games to return home.Ukraine death toll rises to 22 as EU talks under way, BBC News (20 February 2014). But according to Ukrainian NOC president Serhiy Bubka they had returned home in compliance with their original schedule, and their departure was thus not related to the riots in Kyiv. According to Bubka, the remaining athletes did plan to participate in the closing ceremony.Ukrainian skier pulls out of Olympics, says country’s president should be ‘jailed’, The Washington Times (20 February 2014). In a statement on 20 February 2014, the Ukrainian team had expressed condolences for the dead and stated, "We are thinking about our families and loved ones back home in Ukraine, and we are doing our best to honour them on the fields of play here in Sochi. We appeal for peace and mutual understanding to find a positive way forward for Ukraine".
Figure skater Natalia Popova stated after finishing her figure skating short program on 20 February, "That’s very unfortunate because you just want peace everywhere. But all I can do is just focus on my performance and, hopefully, my skating can inspire the people back in Ukraine to be more peaceful with each other".Ukrainian Skier and Coach Withdraw to Protest Kiev Violence, The New York Times (20 February 2014). Olympic biathlete Olena Pidhrushna at a news conference after her women's relay victory asked for a minute's silence in memory of the people who died in Kyiv.
See also Ukraine at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
References
External links Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics