Ukraine at the 2025 World Games | |
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IOC code | UKR |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Ukraine |
in Chengdu, China 7 August 2025 – 17 August 2025 | |
Competitors | 60 (33 men and 27 women) in 13 sports |
Medals Ranked 3rd |
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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.
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]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Acrobatic gymnastics | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Aerobic gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Canoe marathon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cheerleading | — | 2 | 2 |
Dancesport | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Dragon boat | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Finswimming | 5 | 7 | 12 |
Freediving | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ju-jitsu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Karate | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Kickboxing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Muaythai | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Orienteering | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sambo | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Sport climbing | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Squash | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Trampoline gymnastics | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Wakeboarding | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Wushu | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 48 | 38 | 88 |
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.
Athletes | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||
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Balance exercise | Dynamic exercise | Total | Final exercise | ||||||
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Sofronii Davydenko Ivan Horlach | Men's pairs | 26.660 | 6 | 24.580 | 6 | 51.240 | 6 | Did not advance | |
Yurii Push Taras Yarush Stanislav Kukurudz Yuriy Savka | Men's groups | 28.640 | 2 | 28.120 | 3 | 56.760 | 3 Q | 28.860 | ![]() |
Anhelina Cherniavska Ruzanna Vecheruk | Women's pairs | 27.600 | 2 | 27.760 | 1 | 55.360 | 2 Q | 28.270 | ![]() |
Elina Kozachanska Karina Ostrovska Alina Puhach | Women's group | 26.480 | 5 | 27.550 | 4 | 54.030 | 5 r | Did not advance | |
Yevfrosyniia Kryvytska Ivan Labunets | Mixed pairs | 29.340 | 1 | 29.380 | 1 | 57.720 | 1 Q | 29.110 | ![]() |
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.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Anastasiia Kurashvili Stanislav Halaida | Pairs | 18.900 | 4 Q | 18.900 | ![]() |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Maksym Redko | Men's short distance | 15:27.68 | 8 | Did not advance | |
Men's long distance | — | 1:42:00.69 | 14 |
Athlete | Event | Semifinal round 1 | Semifinal round 2 | Semifinal total | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Anastasiia Maloshenko Yelyzaveta Tymofieieva | Mixed pom | 83.210 | 5 | 83.360 | 5 | 83.300 | 5 Q | 84.140 | 5 |
Athletes | Event | First round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
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Waltz | Tango | Viennese Waltz | Slow Foxtrot | Quickstep | Total points | Rank | Waltz | Tango | Viennese Waltz | Slow Foxtrot | Quickstep | Total points | Rank | Waltz | Tango | Viennese Waltz | Slow Foxtrot | Quickstep | Total points | Rank | ||
Anna Lubianetska Emanuele Cannistraro | Standard | 34.00 | 34.17 | 34.08 | 34.33 | 33.92 | 170.50 | 13 Q | 34.00 | 34.00 | 33.67 | 33.83 | 33.58 | 169.08 | 14 | Did not advance | ||||||
Veronika Myshko Earle Williamson | 32.75 | 32.58 | 32.55 | 32.58 | 32.92 | 163.39 | 21 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Nickname | Event | Round robin | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
Oleg Kuznietsov | Kuzya | B-Boys | ![]() L 0–2 | ![]() W 2–0 | ![]() W 2–0 | 2 Q | ![]() L 0–2 | Did not advance | ||
Kateryna Pavlenko | Kate | B-Girls | ![]() W 2–0 | ![]() T 1–1 | ![]() L 0–2 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
Anna Ponomarenko | Stefani | ![]() W 2–0 | ![]() L 0–2 | ![]() L 0–2 | 3 | Did not advance |
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.
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
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 | 1:10.78 | 4 q SF | 49.20 | 2 Q | 47.39 | 5 |
Open 8-seater 500 metres | 2:07.76 | 2 Q F | Bye | 2:05.53 | ![]() | ||
Open 8-seater 2000 metres | — | 9:28.25 | 4 | ||||
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 | 49.98 | 2 Q F | Bye | 48.85 | ![]() | |
Mixed 10-seater 500 metres | 2:08.32 | 2 Q F | Bye | 2:07.02 | ![]() | ||
Mixed 10-seater 2000 metres | — | 9:19.87 | ![]() |
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.
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Artur Artamonov | Men's 50 m bi-fins | 18.83 | ![]() |
Men's 100 m bi-fins | 42.10 | 8 | |
Oleksii Zakharov | Men's 200 m surface | 1:22.95 | 7 |
Men's 400 m surface | 2:57.03 | ![]() | |
Serhii Smishchenko Oleksandr Kuzmenko Davyd Yelisieiev Oleksii Zakharov | Men's 4 × 50 metre surface relay | 1:00.26 | ![]() |
Men's 4 × 100 metre surface relay | 2:18.73 | ![]() | |
Viktoriia Uvarova | Women's 50 m apnoea | 16.57 | 6 |
Women's 100 m surface | 39.64 | 4 | |
Women's 200 m surface | 1:34.00 | 7 | |
Sofiia Hrechko | Women's 200 metre surface | 1:27.90 | ![]() |
Women's 400 m surface | 3:11.88 WR | ![]() | |
Anna Yakovleva | Women's 400 m surface | 3:12.27 | ![]() |
Sofiya Lamakh | Women's 100 m bi-fins | 47.87 | ![]() |
Yevheniia Tymoshenko | Women's 100 m bi-fins | 48.23 | 6 |
Anastasiia Makarenko | Women's 100 m surface | 39.14 | ![]() |
Yelyzaveta Hrechykhina Sofiia Hrechko Viktoriia Uvarova Anastasiia Makarenko | Women's 4 × 50 metre surface relay | 1:10.06 | ![]() |
Women's 4 × 100 metre surface relay | 2:36.82 | ![]() |
Ukraine qualified one athlete.
Athlete | Event | Meters | Rank |
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Kateryna Sadurska | Women's Dynamic no Fins | DSQ | |
Women's Dynamic with Fins | 209.0 | 9 | |
Bohdan Mochulskyi won his third gold medal in his third appearance at the Games.
Athlete | Event | Group stage | Semifinals | Final/Bronze medal bout | |||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Bohdan Mochulskyi | 62 kg | ![]() W 50–0 DSQ | ![]() W 16–7 | 1 Q | ![]() W 13–11 | ![]() W 17–12 | ![]() |
Kostiantyn Shutko | 69 kg ne-waza | ![]() L 2–4 | ![]() L 0–2 | 3 | Did not advance |
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.
Athlete | Event | Group stage | Semifinals | Final/Bronze medal bout | ||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Andrii Zaplitnyi | 75 kg | ![]() L 0–1 | ![]() W 1–0 | ![]() L 0–2 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
Valerii Chobotar | 84 kg | ![]() L 0–3 | ![]() W 4–0 | ![]() L 6–12 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
Ryzvan Talibov | +84 kg | ![]() W 6–2 | ![]() W 5–3 | ![]() W 3–0 | 1 Q | ![]() W 4–0 | ![]() W 4–0 | ![]() |
Athlete | Event | Group stage | Semifinals | Final/Bronze medal bout | ||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Anzhelika Terliuga | 55 kg | ![]() W 0–0 KI | ![]() L 0–5 | No other competitor | 2 Q | ![]() W 4–3 | ![]() L 1–3 | ![]() |
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.
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final/Bronze medal bout | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Hlib Mazur | 63.5 kg | ![]() W 1–1 KO | ![]() W 2–1 | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() |
Roman Shcherbatiuk | +91 kg | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final/Bronze medal bout | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Daryna Ivanova | 52 kg | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() L 0–3 | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() |
Alina Martyniuk | 60 kg | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() L 0–3 | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() |
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.
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final/Bronze medal bout | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Dmytro Shelesko | 57 kg | ![]() W 29–28 | ![]() W 29–28 | ![]() W 30–287 | ![]() |
Oleksandr Yefimenko | 71 kg | ![]() W 29–28 | ![]() L RSCB | ![]() L 28–29 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final/Bronze medal bout | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Anastasiia Mykhailenko | 48 kg | ![]() L 27–30 | Did not advance |
Ukraine did not compete in the mixed relay. Olena Babych competed at her second consecutive Games.
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Illia Otreshko | Sprint | 17:35 | 23 |
Middle distance | 1:05:45 | 22 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Olena Babych | Sprint | 20:49 | 34 |
Middle distance | 55:14 | 16 |
Athlete | Event | Exercises | Total weight | Total points | Rank | ||
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Squat | Bench press | Deadlift | |||||
Anatolii Novopysmennyi | Men's heavyweight | 362.5 | 230.0 | 345.0 | 937.5 | 119.41 | ![]() |
Taras Melnychuk | Men's super heavyweight | 347.5 | 230.0 | 355.0 | 932.5 | 109.79 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Exercises | Total weight | Total points | Rank | ||
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Squat | Bench press | Deadlift | |||||
Oleksii Bychkov | Men's Super heavyweight | 400.0 | 340.0 | 370.0 | 1110.0 | 107.41 | ![]() |
Andrii Shevchenko | Men's Super heavyweight | 460.0 | 350.0 | 370.0 | 1180.0 | 103.97 | 5 GR |
Musiienko Kostiantyn | Men's heavyweight | 390.0 | 330.0 | 320.0 | 1040.0 | 113.19 | ![]() |
Volodymyr Rysiev | Men's heavyweight | 387.5 | 315.0 | 327.5 | 1030.0 | 110.63 | ![]() |
Vitalii Kolomiiets | Men's middleweight | 360.0 | 255.0 | 310.0 | 925.0 | 107.36 | ![]() |
Mykola Barannik | Men's middleweight | 345.0 | 260.0 | 302.5 | 907.5 | 105.39 | ![]() |
Tetianna Bila | Women's lightweight | 207.5 | 130.0 | 175.0 | 512.5 | 107.77 | ![]() |
Anastasiia Derevianko | Women's lightweight | 205.0 | 127.5 | 180.0 | 512.5 | 105.45 | ![]() |
Larysa Soloviova | Women's middleweight | 235.0 | 170.0 | 217.5 | 622.5 | 112.72 | ![]() |
Daria Rusanenko | Women's Super Heavyweight | 285.5 WR | 167.5 | 217.5 | 670.5 | 108.98 | ![]() |
Valentyna Zahoruiko | Women's Super Heavyweight | 280.0 | 170.0 | 230.0 | 680.0 | 100.48 | 5 |
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.
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final/Bronze medal bout | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Oleksandr Voropaiev | 64 kg | ![]() W 1–0 | ![]() L 0–4 | ![]() W 0–0 | ![]() |
Andrii Kucherenko | 71 kg | ![]() W 8–0 | ![]() W 1–0 | ![]() W 6–1 | ![]() |
Vladyslav Rudniev | 79 kg | ![]() W 8–0 | ![]() W 8–0 | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() |
Petro Davydenko | 88 kg | ![]() W 10–0 | ![]() W 8–0 | ![]() W 4–1 | ![]() |
Anatolii Voloshynov | 98 kg | ![]() L 0–2 | Did not advance | ||
Oleksandr Voropaiev Andrii Kucherenko Vladyslav Rudniev Petro Davydenko Anatolii Voloshynov | Men's team | ![]() w/o | ![]() W 2–0 | ![]() W 2–0 | ![]() |
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final/Bronze medal bout | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Yevheniia Pozdnia | 65 kg | ![]() L 0–1 | Did not advance | ||
Anhelina Lysenko | 72 kg | ![]() L 0–1 | Did not advance | ||
Anhelina Lysenko Yevheniia Pozdnia | Women's team | ![]() w/o | ![]() L 0–2 | ![]() W 2–1 | ![]() |
Yaroslav Tkach competed at his second consecutive Games.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final/Bronze medal bout | ||
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Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Yaroslav Tkach | Men's | 5.02 | 3 Q | ![]() W 5.07–5.20 | ![]() L 5.78–4.87 | Did not advance | ||
Hryhorii Ilchyshyn | 5.36 | 17 | Did not advance | |||||
Kostiantyn Pavlenko | 5.72 | 25 | Did not advance | |||||
Denys Mozolevych | 6.03 | 26 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Elimination heat | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Yaroslav Tkach | Men's | 5.09 | 9 q EH | Fall | Did not advance | |||||||
Hryhorii Ilchyshyn | 5.18 | 10 q EH | 5.64 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||||
Kostiantyn Pavlenko | 5.59 | 29 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Denys Mozolevych | 5.45 | 27 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final/Bronze medal bout | ||
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Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Yaroslav Tkach Hryhorii Ilchyshyn | Men's | 10.68 | 4 Q | ![]() L 12.85–11.11 | Did not advance | |||
Kostiantyn Pavlenko Denys Mozolevych | 11.43 | 12 Q | ![]() L 10.95–11.82 | Did not advance |
Dmytro Scherbakov competed at his second consecutive Games. Alina Bushma made a comeback after the 2017 Games.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Dmytro Shcherbakov | Men's singles | ![]() L 0–3 | ![]() L 0–3 | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() W 3–2 | ![]() W 3–1 | 25 |
Alina Bushma | Women's singles | ![]() L 2–3 | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() W 3–0 | ![]() L 2–3 | 18 |
Ukraine qualified athletes at the 2023 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
Davyd Sandomyrskyi Andrii Sokolov | Men's synchronised | 23.310 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
Timofii Chervonnyi | Men's tumbling | 40.200 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
Diana Denysova | Women's tumbling | 37.500 | 7 | Did not advance |
Athletes | Event | Heats | Last chance qualifiers | Semi-final | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Chubaka Chuba | Men's skim | 30.00 | 3 Q | Bye | 25.00 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
Sonya Sokolova | Women's skim | 66.67 | 2 Q | Bye | 39.00 | 3 Q | 50.00 | ![]() |
Ukraine qualified two athletes, one in taolu and one in sanda.
Athlete | Event | First routine | Second routine | Final score | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Oryna Ivanova | Women's taijiquan and taijijian combined | 9.690 | 4 | 8.883 | 9 | 18.573 | 9 |
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final/Bronze medal bout | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Volodymyr Shevchenko | 85 kg | Bye | ![]() L 0–2 | ![]() L 0–2 | 4 |