Ukraine at the 2025 World Games

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Ukraine at the
2025 World Games
Flag of Ukraine.svg
IOC code UKR
NOC National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors60 (33 men and 27 women) in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
16
Silver
14
Bronze
14
Total
44
World Games appearances (overview)

Ukraine competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025. [1] Ukraine ranked third in the medal tally (behind China and Germany) with 16 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 14 bronze medals.

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Competitors

Ukrainians did not compete in air sports, archery, beach handball, beach and indoor korfball, billiard sports, boules sports, canoe polo, disc golf, duathlon, fistball, flag football, floorball, inline hockey, lacrosse, lifesaving, parkour, powerboating, racquetball, roller sports, softball, tug of war. The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]

SportMenWomenTotal
Acrobatic gymnastics 7613
Aerobic gymnastics 112
Canoe marathon 101
Cheerleading 22
Dancesport 347
Dragon boat 6612
Finswimming 5712
Freediving 011
Ju-jitsu 202
Karate 314
Kickboxing 224
Muaythai 213
Orienteering 112
Sambo 527
Sport climbing 404
Squash 112
Trampoline gymnastics 314
Wakeboarding 112
Wushu 112
Total483888

Medalists

Acrobatic gymnastics

Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. The team was the biggest one at the Games, competed in all events and became the most successful one, as well. Push, Yarush, Kukurudz, and Savka won their second consecutive medal. It were third Games for Push, Yarush, and Kukurudz.

AthletesEventQualificationFinal
Balance exerciseDynamic exerciseTotalFinal exercise
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Sofronii Davydenko
Ivan Horlach
Men's pairs 26.660624.580651.2406Did not advance
Yurii Push
Taras Yarush
Stanislav Kukurudz
Yuriy Savka
Men's groups 28.640228.120356.7603 Q28.860Silver medal icon.svg
Anhelina Cherniavska
Ruzanna Vecheruk
Women's pairs 27.600227.760155.3602 Q28.270Silver medal icon.svg
Elina Kozachanska
Karina Ostrovska
Alina Puhach
Women's group 26.480527.550454.0305 rDid not advance
Yevfrosyniia Kryvytska
Ivan Labunets
Mixed pairs 29.340129.380157.7201 Q29.110Gold medal icon.svg

Aerobic gymnastics

Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships. Ukraine won its first ever medal in aerobics.

Kurashvili and Halaida competed at the 2022 Games, although in another event.

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Anastasiia Kurashvili
Stanislav Halaida
Pairs 18.9004 Q18.900Bronze medal icon.svg

Canoe marathon

Canoe marathon
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Maksym Redko Men's short distance 15:27.688Did not advance
Men's long distance 1:42:00.6914

Cheerleading

AthleteEventSemifinal round 1Semifinal round 2Semifinal totalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Anastasiia Maloshenko
Yelyzaveta Tymofieieva
Mixed pom 83.210583.360583.3005 Q84.1405

Dancesport

Standard
AthletesEventFirst roundSemi-finalsFinals
WaltzTangoViennese WaltzSlow FoxtrotQuickstepTotal pointsRankWaltzTangoViennese WaltzSlow FoxtrotQuickstepTotal pointsRankWaltzTangoViennese WaltzSlow FoxtrotQuickstepTotal pointsRank
Anna Lubianetska
Emanuele Cannistraro
Standard 34.0034.1734.0834.3333.92170.5013 Q34.0034.0033.6733.8333.58169.0814Did not advance
Veronika Myshko
Earle Williamson
32.7532.5832.5532.5832.92163.3921Did not advance
Breaking
AthleteNicknameEventRound robinQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Oleg Kuznietsov Kuzya B-Boys Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lithe-Ing  (CHN)
L 0–2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Cis  (BEL)
W 2–0
Flag of Spain.svg  Xak  (ESP)
W 2–0
2 QFlag of Japan.svg  Issin  (JPN)
L 0–2
Did not advance
Kateryna Pavlenko Kate B-Girls Flag of Brazil.svg  Mini Japa  (BRA)
W 2–0
Flag of Japan.svg  Ayumi  (JPN)
T 1–1
Flag of Italy.svg  Anti  (ITA)
L 0–2
3Did not advance
Anna Ponomarenko StefaniFlag of Italy.svg  Alessandrina  (ITA)
W 2–0
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  India  (NED)
L 0–2
Flag of France.svg  Syssy  (FRA)
L 0–2
3Did not advance

Dragon boat

Ukraine have qualified a berth in the 2025 World Games through its performance in the mixed 10-seater races at the 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships. Ukraine had participated in both previous events (2005 and 2009). This time, the Ukrainian team won its first medals in the sport and became second most successful team at the Games behind Indonesia.

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Olesia Matviienko
Yurii Bardashevskyi
Serhii Semeniuk
Oleksandr Kalmus
Danylo Kukharuk
Mykola Verkhovetskyi
Olha Buraho
Viktor Svyrydiuk
Kateryna Petrenko
Olena Skvortsova
Open 8-seater 200 metres 1:10.784 q SF49.202 Q47.395
Open 8-seater 500 metres 2:07.762 Q FBye2:05.53Gold medal icon.svg
Open 8-seater 2000 metres 9:28.254
Olesia Matviienko
Yurii Bardashevskyi
Serhii Semeniuk
Oleksandr Kalmus
Danylo Kukharuk
Mykola Verkhovetskyi
Olha Buraho
Viktor Svyrydiuk
Kateryna Petrenko
Olena Skvortsova
Anastasiia Mazurenko
Snizhana Zhyhailo
Mixed 10-seater 200 metres 49.982 Q FBye48.85Bronze medal icon.svg
Mixed 10-seater 500 metres 2:08.322 Q FBye2:07.02Silver medal icon.svg
Mixed 10-seater 2000 metres 9:19.87Gold medal icon.svg

Finswimming

Ukraine was the biggest team at the Games and became most successful in terms of number of medals, finishing 3rd in the medal tally.

Sofiia Hrechko defended her title in 200 m surface from 2022. Smishchenko, Zakharov, Uvarova, Hrechko, Makarenko, Tymoshenko competed at their second Games.

AthleteEventTimeRank
Artur Artamonov Men's 50 m bi-fins 18.83Bronze medal icon.svg
Men's 100 m bi-fins 42.108
Oleksii Zakharov Men's 200 m surface 1:22.957
Men's 400 m surface 2:57.03Silver medal icon.svg
Serhii Smishchenko
Oleksandr Kuzmenko
Davyd Yelisieiev
Oleksii Zakharov
Men's 4 × 50 metre surface relay 1:00.26Silver medal icon.svg
Men's 4 × 100 metre surface relay 2:18.73Silver medal icon.svg
Viktoriia Uvarova Women's 50 m apnoea 16.576
Women's 100 m surface 39.644
Women's 200 m surface 1:34.007
Sofiia Hrechko Women's 200 metre surface 1:27.90Gold medal icon.svg
Women's 400 m surface 3:11.88 WRGold medal icon.svg
Anna Yakovleva Women's 400 m surface 3:12.27Silver medal icon.svg
Sofiya Lamakh Women's 100 m bi-fins 47.87Bronze medal icon.svg
Yevheniia Tymoshenko Women's 100 m bi-fins 48.236
Anastasiia Makarenko Women's 100 m surface 39.14Bronze medal icon.svg
Yelyzaveta Hrechykhina
Sofiia Hrechko
Viktoriia Uvarova
Anastasiia Makarenko
Women's 4 × 50 metre surface relay 1:10.06Bronze medal icon.svg
Women's 4 × 100 metre surface relay 2:36.82Bronze medal icon.svg

Freediving

Ukraine qualified one athlete.

AthleteEventMetersRank
Kateryna Sadurska Women's Dynamic no Fins DSQ
Women's Dynamic with Fins 209.09

Ju-jitsu

Bohdan Mochulskyi won his third gold medal in his third appearance at the Games.

Men
AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Bohdan Mochulskyi 62 kg Flag of Iraq.svg  al-Gharrawi  (IRQ)
W 50–0 DSQ
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kanatbek  (KAZ)
W 16–7
1 QFlag of Colombia.svg  Viviescas  (COL)
W 13–11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  van der Veer  (NED)
W 17–12
Gold medal icon.svg
Kostiantyn Shutko 69 kg ne-waza Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Batyrbekov  (KAZ)
L 2–4
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Bayili  (BEL)
L 0–2
3Did not advance

Karate

Zaplitnyi, Chobotar, and Terliuga qualified as medallists of the 2023 World Karate Championships, while Talibov qualified through the ranking. Terliuga competed at her second Games and won her second medal. Talibov competed at his second Games (in 2022, he finished 4th).

In the semifinal, China's Wei was declared winner with score 9–1. However, the Ukrainian team filed a protest, claiming that Wei had violated the line at some point during the bout. [3] This protest was upheld, and Terliuga subsequently won the semifinal.

Men
AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Andrii Zaplitnyi 75 kg Flag of Japan.svg  Sakiyama  (JPN)
L 0–1
Flag of France.svg  Berthon  (FRA)
W 1–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu  (CHN)
L 0–2
4Did not advance
Valerii Chobotar 84 kg Flag of Japan.svg  Shimada  (JPN)
L 0–3
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes (2025 World Games).svg  Gasparian  (AIN)
W 4–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Duan  (CHN)
L 6–12
3Did not advance
Ryzvan Talibov +84 kg Flag of Aruba.svg  Timmermans  (ARU)
W 6–2
Flag of France.svg  Filali  (FRA)
W 5–3
Flag of Croatia.svg  Kvesić  (CRO)
W 3–0
1 QFlag of Iran.svg  Abazari  (IRI)
W 4–0
Flag of Croatia.svg  Kvesić  (CRO)
W 4–0
Gold medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Anzhelika Terliuga 55 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Yakan  (TUR)
W 0–0 KI
Flag of Chile.svg  Toro  (CHI)
L 0–5
No other competitor2 QFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wei  (CHN)
W 4–3
Flag of Germany.svg  Bitsch  (GER)
L 1–3
Silver medal icon.svg

Kickboxing

Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 European Championships. Ukrainians competed in K1 style only. The team finished 2nd in the medal tally behind Israel but became the most successful in terms of number of medals. Shcherbatiuk, Ivanova, and Martyniuk won their second consecutive medal at the World Games.

Men
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Hlib Mazur 63.5 kg Flag of Brazil.svg  Mestrinier  (BRA)
W 1–1 KO
Flag of Thailand.svg  Kongtook  (THA)
W 2–1
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Guliyev  (AZE)
W 3–0
Gold medal icon.svg
Roman Shcherbatiuk +91 kg Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdelhady Abdelsalam  (EGY)
W 3–0
Flag of France.svg  Coulibaly  (FRA)
W 3–0
Flag of Turkey.svg  Ozer  (TUR)
Gold medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Daryna Ivanova 52 kg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Geng  (CHN)
W 3–0
Flag of Israel.svg  Sachkov  (ISR)
L 0–3
Flag of Turkey.svg  Azizoglu  (TUR)
W 3–0
Bronze medal icon.svg
Alina Martyniuk 60 kg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu  (CHN)
W 3–0
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bickel  (NED)
L 0–3
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Ndapataka  (INA)
W 3–0
Bronze medal icon.svg

Muaythai

Together with Turkey and United States, Ukrainian team was second largest team behind host China. Oleksandr Yefimenko took part in the Games for the second time.

Men
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dmytro Shelesko 57 kg Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Mosawi  (AFG)
W 29–28
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyễn Trần  (VIE)
W 29–28
Flag of Israel.svg  Gordon  (ISR)
W 30–287
Gold medal icon.svg
Oleksandr Yefimenko 71 kg Flag of Morocco.svg  Zahidi  (MAR)
W 29–28
Flag of Italy.svg  Franzosi  (ITA)
L RSCB
Flag of Hungary.svg  Spéth  (HUN)
L 28–29
4
Women
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Anastasiia Mykhailenko 48 kg Flag of the Philippines.svg  Abubakar  (PHI)
L 27–30
Did not advance

Orienteering

Ukraine did not compete in the mixed relay. Olena Babych competed at her second consecutive Games.

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Illia Otreshko Sprint 17:3523
Middle distance 1:05:4522
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Olena Babych Sprint 20:4934
Middle distance 55:1416

Powerlifting

Classic
AthleteEventExercisesTotal weightTotal pointsRank
SquatBench
press
Deadlift
Anatolii Novopysmennyi Men's heavyweight 362.5230.0345.0937.5119.41Gold medal icon.svg
Taras Melnychuk Men's super heavyweight 347.5230.0355.0932.5109.794
Equipped
AthleteEventExercisesTotal weightTotal pointsRank
SquatBench
press
Deadlift
Oleksii Bychkov Men's Super heavyweight 400.0340.0370.01110.0107.41Bronze medal icon.svg
Andrii Shevchenko Men's Super heavyweight 460.0350.0370.01180.0103.975 GR
Musiienko Kostiantyn Men's heavyweight 390.0330.0320.01040.0113.19Gold medal icon.svgGR
Volodymyr Rysiev Men's heavyweight 387.5315.0327.51030.0110.63Silver medal icon.svg
Vitalii Kolomiiets Men's middleweight 360.0255.0310.0925.0107.36Silver medal icon.svg
Mykola Barannik Men's middleweight 345.0260.0302.5907.5105.39Bronze medal icon.svg
Tetianna Bila Women's lightweight 207.5130.0175.0512.5107.77Silver medal icon.svg
Anastasiia Derevianko Women's lightweight 205.0127.5180.0512.5105.45Bronze medal icon.svg
Larysa Soloviova Women's middleweight 235.0170.0217.5622.5112.72Silver medal icon.svg
Daria Rusanenko Women's Super Heavyweight 285.5 WR167.5217.5670.5108.98Silver medal icon.svg
Valentyna Zahoruiko Women's Super Heavyweight 280.0170.0230.0680.0100.485

Sambo

Ukraine was the fourth largest team in the sport and one of the two that qualified athletes in all men's categories. Ukraine won its first World Games medals in the sport. The team topped the medal tally.

Men
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Oleksandr Voropaiev 64 kg Flag of Armenia.svg  Nersesyan  (ARM)
W 1–0
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes (2025 World Games).svg  Khabibulaev  (AIN)
L 0–4
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Barakanov  (KGZ)
W 0–0
Bronze medal icon.svg
Andrii Kucherenko 71 kg Flag of Serbia.svg  Župarić  (SRB)
W 8–0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Toleukhan  (KAZ)
W 1–0
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes (2025 World Games).svg  Zinnatov  (AIN)
W 6–1
Gold medal icon.svg
Vladyslav Rudniev 79 kg Flag of Colombia.svg  Contreras  (COL)
W 8–0
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Kushaev  (UZB)
W 8–0
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes (2025 World Games).svg  Abgarian  (AIN)
W 3–0
Gold medal icon.svg
Petro Davydenko 88 kg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Tergeubekov  (KAZ)
W 10–0
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Erkebai Uulu  (KGZ)
W 8–0
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes (2025 World Games).svg  Alikhanov  (AIN)
W 4–1
Gold medal icon.svg
Anatolii Voloshynov 98 kg Flag of Armenia.svg  Avanesyan  (ARM)
L 0–2
Did not advance
Oleksandr Voropaiev
Andrii Kucherenko
Vladyslav Rudniev
Petro Davydenko
Anatolii Voloshynov
Men's team Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
w/o
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
W 2–0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
W 2–0
Gold medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yevheniia Pozdnia 65 kg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Akzhigitova  (KAZ)
L 0–1
Did not advance
Anhelina Lysenko 72 kg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kenessary  (KAZ)
L 0–1
Did not advance
Anhelina Lysenko
Yevheniia Pozdnia
Women's team Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
w/o
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
L 0–2
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
W 2–1
Bronze medal icon.svg

Sport climbing

Yaroslav Tkach competed at his second consecutive Games.

Speed single
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
ResultRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yaroslav Tkach Men's 5.023 QFlag of Italy.svg  Zurloni  (ITA)
W 5.07–5.20
Flag of the United States.svg  Watson  (USA)
L 5.78–4.87
Did not advance
Hryhorii Ilchyshyn 5.3617Did not advance
Kostiantyn Pavlenko 5.7225Did not advance
Denys Mozolevych 6.0326Did not advance
Speed single 4
AthleteEventQualificationElimination heatQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Yaroslav Tkach Men's 5.099 q EHFallDid not advance
Hryhorii Ilchyshyn 5.1810 q EH5.644Did not advance
Kostiantyn Pavlenko 5.5929Did not advance
Denys Mozolevych 5.4527Did not advance
Speed relay
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
ResultRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yaroslav Tkach
Hryhorii Ilchyshyn
Men's 10.684 QFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1
L 12.85–11.11
Did not advance
Kostiantyn Pavlenko
Denys Mozolevych
11.4312 QFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2
L 10.95–11.82
Did not advance

Squash

Dmytro Scherbakov competed at his second consecutive Games. Alina Bushma made a comeback after the 2017 Games.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Dmytro Shcherbakov Men's singles Flag of South Africa.svg  van Niekerk  (RSA)
L 0–3
Flag of Germany.svg  Kandra  (GER)
L 0–3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Haizhen  (CHN)
W 3–0
Flag of Austria.svg  Lutz  (AUT)
W 3–2
Flag of Poland.svg  Krysiak  (POL)
W 3–1
25
Alina Bushma Women's singles Flag of Croatia.svg  Vidović  (CRO)
L 2–3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang  (CHN)
W 3–0
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Čepová  (CZE)
W 3–0
Flag of France.svg  Barbeau  (FRA)
W 3–0
Flag of Colombia.svg  Bautista  (COL)
L 2–3
18

Trampoline gymnastics

Ukraine qualified athletes at the 2023 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Davyd Sandomyrskyi
Andrii Sokolov
Men's synchronised 23.3108Did not advance
Timofii Chervonnyi Men's tumbling 40.2008Did not advance
Diana Denysova Women's tumbling 37.5007Did not advance

Wakeboarding

AthletesEventHeatsLast chance qualifiersSemi-finalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Chubaka Chuba Men's skim 30.003 QBye25.005Did not advance
Sonya Sokolova Women's skim 66.672 QBye39.003 Q50.00Silver medal icon.svg

Wushu

Ukraine qualified two athletes, one in taolu and one in sanda.

Taolu
AthleteEventFirst routineSecond routineFinal score
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Oryna Ivanova Women's taijiquan and taijijian combined 9.69048.883918.5739
Sanda
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Volodymyr Shevchenko 85 kg ByeFlag of Egypt.svg  Wahdan  (EGY)
L 0–2
Flag of Spain.svg  Fandino  (ESP)
L 0–2
4

References

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