Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Ukraine at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag of Ukraine.svg
IOC code UKR
NOC National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Website www.noc-ukr.org  (in Ukrainian and English)
in Sochi
Competitors43 (19 men, 24 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers Valentina Shevchenko (opening) [1]
Vita Semerenko (closing) [2]
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (1924–1936)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (1924–1936)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1956–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)

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. [3]

Contents

The women's relay victory gave Ukraine its second Winter Games gold medal ever. [4] The first was won by Oksana Baiul at the 1994 Winter Olympics. [5] On 22 February, cross-country skier Maryna Lisohor was excluded from the Olympics after testing positive for trimetazidine. [6]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 112
Biathlon 5611
Cross-country 268
Figure skating 336
Freestyle skiing 246
Luge 426
Nordic combined 101
Short track speed skating 011
Snowboarding 112
Total192443

Medalists

2014 Ukrainian stamp commemorating the gold medal Stamp 2014 Biathlon.jpg
2014 Ukrainian stamp commemorating the gold medal
MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Vita Semerenko
Juliya Dzhyma
Valj Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna
Biathlon Women's relay 21 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Vita Semerenko Biathlon Women's sprint 9 February

Alpine skiing

Ukraine qualified 2 berths, one male and one female.

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dmytro Mytsak Men's giant slalom 1:34.22671:37.18643:11.4060
Men's slalom 1:01.5772DSQ
Men's super-G 1:28.5152
Bohdana Matsotska Women's giant slalom 1:25.25481:25.28452:50.5343
Women's super-G 1:31.5827

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Ukraine qualified 5 men and 6 women. [7]

Men
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Andriy Deryzemlya Sprint 25:29.01 (0+1)22
Pursuit 36:21.53 (0+0+1+2)36
Individual 54:40.03 (0+2+1+0)46
Dmytro Pidruchnyi Individual 55:53.43 (1+0+1+1)55
Artem Pryma Sprint 25:57.61 (0+1)32
Pursuit 37:39.34 (0+1+2+1)44
Individual 58:35.27 (3+1+0+3)81
Serguei Sednev Sprint 26:16.81 (1+ 0)44
Pursuit 39:33.83 (1+0+1+1)54
Serhiy Semenov Sprint 26:10.41 (1+0)41
Pursuit 36:48.13 (0+2+1+0)39
Individual 51:07.91 (1+0+0+0)9
Andriy Deryzemlya
Dmytro Pidruchnyi
Artem Pryma
Serhiy Semenov
Team relay 1:14:21.17 (0+7)9
Women
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Juliya Dzhyma Sprint 22:55.53 (1+2)42
Pursuit DNS
Individual 45:49.91 (0+1+0+0)7
Mass start 38:10.84 (0+0+2+2)22
Olena Pidhrushna Sprint 22:12.81 (0+1)26
Pursuit 31:54.21 (0+0+0+1)22
Individual 45:59.51 (0+0+0+1)8
Mass start 36:37.10 (0+0+0+0)7
Valj Semerenko Sprint 21:44.91 (0+1)12
Pursuit 30:23.61 (1+0+0+0)5
Individual 47:28.22 (1+0+1+0)19
Mass start 37:03.52 (0+0+2+0)12
Vita Semerenko Sprint 21:28.50 (0+0)Bronze medal icon.svg
Pursuit 30:40.32 (0+1+1+0)10
Individual 48:29.23 (0+0+0+3)29
Mass start 37:16.11 (0+0+1+0)16
Juliya Dzhyma
Olena Pidhrushna
Valj Semerenko
Vita Semerenko
Team relay 1:10:02.55 (0+5)Gold medal icon.svg
Mixed
Mariya Panfilova (left) Panfilova & Gwizdon. Mixed Relay, Sochi 2014.JPG
Mariya Panfilova (left)
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Natalya Burdyga
Mariya Panfilova
Andriy Deryzemlya
Serhiy Semenov
Team relay 1:12:05.29 (1+8)7

Cross-country skiing

Ukraine qualified 7 berths.

Distance
Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeDeficitRank
Oleksii Krasovskyi 15 km classical 44:35.4+6:05.769
Women
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Maryna Antsybor 15 km skiathlon 21:06.14921:01.94442:42.5+4:08.949
30 km freestyle 1:16:22.7+5:17.535
Tetyana Antypenko 10 km classical 31:06.9+2:49.130
15 km skiathlon 21:19.55121:41.65243:40.3+5:06.752
Kateryna Hryhorenko 10 km classical 32:03.5+3:45.749
15 km skiathlon 21:11.65021:01.24342:47.2+4:13.649
30 km freestyle 1:17:53.0+6:47.838
Marina Lisogor 10 km classical 33:35.4+5:17.658
Valentina Shevchenko 10 km classical 30:33.0+2:15.224
15 km skiathlon 20:17.03420:00.61840:50.7+2:17.127
30 km freestyle 1:12:42.6+1:37.414
Maryna Antsybor
Tetyana Antypenko
Kateryna Hryhorenko
Valentina Shevchenko
4×5 km relay 56:56.1+3:53.412
Sprint
Men
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Oleksii Krasovskyi Sprint 4:35.0881did not advance
Ruslan Perekhoda 3:43.6150did not advance
Oleksii Krasovskyi
Ruslan Perekhoda
Team sprint 25:31.1311did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Maryna Antsybor Sprint 2:40.5534did not advance
Marina Lisogor 2:53.2258did not advance
Kateryna Serdyuk 2:44.1245did not advance
Marina Lisogor
Kateryna Serdyuk
Team sprint DNSdid 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. [8] The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine claimed Serdyuk was injured. [9]

Figure skating

Ukraine has achieved the following quota places:

AthleteEventSP/ODFS/FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Yakov Godorozha Men's singles 62.6521 Q119.5419182.1920
Natalia Popova Ladies' singles 47.4227did not advance
Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri Rudyk Pairs 48.4520did not advance
Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun Ice dancing 41.9024did not advance
Team trophy
AthleteEventShort program/Short danceFree skate/Free dance
Men'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotalMen'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotal
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
PointsRankPoints
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
PointsRank
Yakov Godorozha (M)
Natalia Popova (L)
Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri Rudyk (P)
Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun (I)
Team trophy 60.51
3
53.44
3
46.34
2
49.19
2
109did not advance

Freestyle skiing

Ukraine qualified 7 berths, three male and four female (all aerial).

Aerials
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Jump 1Jump 2Jump 1Jump 2Jump 3
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Oleksandr Abramenko Men's aerials 109.506 QBYE119.033 Q113.126did not advance
Mykola Puzderko 98.411277.8814did not advance
Nadiya Didenko Women's aerials DNSdid not advance
Olga Polyuk 70.761274.979did not advance
Anastasiya Novosad 56.841874.3410did not advance
Nadiya Mokhnatska 52.441969.3111did not advance

Luge

Ukraine has qualified a total of six athletes and a spot in the team relay.

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Andriy Kis Men's singles 53.5333053.3582853.0462952.859283:32.79628
Andriy Mandziy 53.6533353.6603253.2273253.062303:33.60231
Oleksandr Obolonchyk
Roman Zakharkiv
Men's doubles 51.7951951.233161:43.02817
Olena Shkhumova Women's singles 51.2111851.0921951.128171:01:416313:34.84731
Olena Stetskiv 52.0642851.5532651.9912851.889263:27.49726
Andriy Kis
Oleksandr Obolonchyk
Olena Shkhumova
Roman Zakharkiv
Mixed team relay 55.6711056.8821058.502122:51.05511

Nordic combined

Ukraine qualified one male athlete.

AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotal
DistancePointsRankTimeRankTimeRank
Viktor Pasichnyk Normal hill/10 km 95.0112.12726:13.54227:31.542
Large hill/10 km 122.5104.62023:59.63125:37.630

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
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sofiya Vlasova 1000 m 1:32.4954did 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 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Yosyf Penyak Men's giant slalom 1:41.1423did not advance
Men's slalom 1:00.1719did not advance
Annamari Chundak Women's giant slalom 1:53.7121did not advance
Women's slalom 1:05.7621did 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. [10] 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". [11] IOC president Thomas Bach offered his condolences "to those who have lost loved ones in these tragic events". [10]

Alpine skier Bohdana Matsotska refused to participate further at the Olympic Games in protest against the violence. [12] 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". [12] 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. [13]

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. [14] 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. [15] According to Bubka, the remaining athletes did plan to participate in the closing ceremony. [15] 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". [16]

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". [16] 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. [4]

See also

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