Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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]

Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	UKR
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Website	www.noc-ukr.org (in Ukrainian and English)
in Sochi
Competitors	43 (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)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
Czechoslovakia (1924–1936)  Poland (1924–1936)  Romania (1924–1936)  Soviet Union (1956–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

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.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	5	6	11
Cross-country	2	6	8
Figure skating	3	3	6
Freestyle skiing	2	4	6
Luge	4	2	6
Nordic combined	1	0	1
Short track speed skating	0	1	1
Snowboarding	1	1	2
Total	19	24	43

Medalists

2014 Ukrainian stamp commemorating the gold medal

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Vita Semerenko Juliya Dzhyma Valj Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna	Biathlon	Women's relay	21 February
Bronze	Vita Semerenko	Biathlon	Women's sprint	9 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Ukraine qualified 2 berths, one male and one female.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dmytro Mytsak	Men's giant slalom	1:34.22	67	1:37.18	64	3:11.40	60
	Men's slalom	1:01.57	72	DSQ
	Men's super-G	—				1:28.51	52
Bohdana Matsotska	Women's giant slalom	1:25.25	48	1:25.28	45	2:50.53	43
	Women's super-G	—				1:31.58	27

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Andriy Deryzemlya	Sprint	25:29.0	1 (0+1)	22
	Pursuit	36:21.5	3 (0+0+1+2)	36
	Individual	54:40.0	3 (0+2+1+0)	46
Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Individual	55:53.4	3 (1+0+1+1)	55
Artem Pryma	Sprint	25:57.6	1 (0+1)	32
	Pursuit	37:39.3	4 (0+1+2+1)	44
	Individual	58:35.2	7 (3+1+0+3)	81
Serhiy Sednev	Sprint	26:16.8	1 (1+ 0)	44
	Pursuit	39:33.8	3 (1+0+1+1)	54
Serhiy Semenov	Sprint	26:10.4	1 (1+0)	41
	Pursuit	36:48.1	3 (0+2+1+0)	39
	Individual	51:07.9	1 (1+0+0+0)	9
Andriy Deryzemlya Dmytro Pidruchnyi Artem Pryma Serhiy Semenov	Team relay	1:14:21.1	7 (0+7)	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Juliya Dzhyma	Sprint	22:55.5	3 (1+2)	42
	Pursuit	DNS
	Individual	45:49.9	1 (0+1+0+0)	7
	Mass start	38:10.8	4 (0+0+2+2)	22
Olena Pidhrushna	Sprint	22:12.8	1 (0+1)	26
	Pursuit	31:54.2	1 (0+0+0+1)	22
	Individual	45:59.5	1 (0+0+0+1)	8
	Mass start	36:37.1	0 (0+0+0+0)	7
Valj Semerenko	Sprint	21:44.9	1 (0+1)	12
	Pursuit	30:23.6	1 (1+0+0+0)	5
	Individual	47:28.2	2 (1+0+1+0)	19
	Mass start	37:03.5	2 (0+0+2+0)	12
Vita Semerenko	Sprint	21:28.5	0 (0+0)
	Pursuit	30:40.3	2 (0+1+1+0)	10
	Individual	48:29.2	3 (0+0+0+3)	29
	Mass start	37:16.1	1 (0+0+1+0)	16
Juliya Dzhyma Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Vita Semerenko	Team relay	1:10:02.5	5 (0+5)

Mixed

Mariya Panfilova (left)

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Natalya Burdyga Mariya Panfilova Andriy Deryzemlya Serhiy Semenov	Team relay	1:12:05.2	9 (1+8)	7

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Ukraine qualified 7 berths.

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Deficit	Rank
Oleksii Krasovskyi	15 km classical	44:35.4	+6:05.7	69

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Maryna Antsybor	15 km skiathlon	21:06.1	49	21:01.9	44	42:42.5	+4:08.9	49
	30 km freestyle	—				1:16:22.7	+5:17.5	35
Tetyana Antypenko	10 km classical	—				31:06.9	+2:49.1	30
	15 km skiathlon	21:19.5	51	21:41.6	52	43:40.3	+5:06.7	52
Kateryna Hryhorenko	10 km classical	—				32:03.5	+3:45.7	49
	15 km skiathlon	21:11.6	50	21:01.2	43	42:47.2	+4:13.6	49
	30 km freestyle	—				1:17:53.0	+6:47.8	38
Marina Lisogor	10 km classical	—				33:35.4	+5:17.6	58
Valentina Shevchenko	10 km classical	—				30:33.0	+2:15.2	24
	15 km skiathlon	20:17.0	34	20:00.6	18	40:50.7	+2:17.1	27
	30 km freestyle	—				1:12:42.6	+1:37.4	14
Maryna Antsybor Tetyana Antypenko Kateryna Hryhorenko Valentina Shevchenko	4×5 km relay	—				56:56.1	+3:53.4	12

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oleksii Krasovskyi	Sprint	4:35.08	81	did not advance
Ruslan Perekhoda		3:43.61	50	did not advance
Oleksii Krasovskyi Ruslan Perekhoda	Team sprint	—				25:31.13	11	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maryna Antsybor	Sprint	2:40.55	34	did not advance
Marina Lisogor		2:53.22	58	did not advance
Kateryna Serdyuk		2:44.12	45	did not advance
Marina Lisogor Kateryna Serdyuk	Team sprint	—				DNS		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.^[8] The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine claimed Serdyuk was injured.^[9]

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Ukraine has achieved the following quota places:

Athlete	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yakov Godorozha	Men's singles	62.65	21 Q	119.54	19	182.19	20
Natalia Popova	Ladies' singles	47.42	27	did not advance
Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri Rudyk	Pairs	48.45	20	did not advance
Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun	Ice dancing	41.90	24	did not advance

Team trophy

Athlete	Event	Short program/Short dance						Free skate/Free dance
		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
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	10	9	did not advance

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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

Aerials

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Jump 1		Jump 2		Jump 1		Jump 2		Jump 3
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oleksandr Abramenko	Men's aerials	109.50	6 Q	BYE		119.03	3 Q	113.12	6	did not advance
Mykola Puzderko		98.41	12	77.88	14	did not advance
Nadiya Didenko	Women's aerials	DNS				did not advance
Olga Polyuk		70.76	12	74.97	9	did not advance
Anastasiya Novosad		56.84	18	74.34	10	did not advance
Nadiya Mokhnatska		52.44	19	69.31	11	did not advance

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andriy Kis	Men's singles	53.533	30	53.358	28	53.046	29	52.859	28	3:32.796	28
Andriy Mandziy		53.653	33	53.660	32	53.227	32	53.062	30	3:33.602	31
Oleksandr Obolonchyk Roman Zakharkiv	Men's doubles	51.795	19	51.233	16	—				1:43.028	17
Olena Shkhumova	Women's singles	51.211	18	51.092	19	51.128	17	1:01:416	31	3:34.847	31
Olena Stetskiv		52.064	28	51.553	26	51.991	28	51.889	26	3:27.497	26
Andriy Kis Oleksandr Obolonchyk Olena Shkhumova Roman Zakharkiv	Mixed team relay	55.671	10	56.882	10	58.502	12	—		2:51.055	11

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Ukraine qualified one male athlete.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Viktor Pasichnyk	Normal hill/10 km	95.0	112.1	27	26:13.5	42	27:31.5	42
	Large hill/10 km	122.5	104.6	20	23:59.6	31	25:37.6	30

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Ukraine qualified 1 woman in the 1000 m for the Olympics during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sofiya Vlasova	1000 m	1:32.495	4	did not advance					26

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Ukraine qualified 2 berths, one male and one female (all parallel).

Alpine

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Yosyf Penyak	Men's giant slalom	1:41.14	23	did not advance
	Men's slalom	1:00.17	19	did not advance
Annamari Chundak	Women's giant slalom	1:53.71	21	did not advance
	Women's slalom	1:05.76	21	did not advance

Concerns and controversies

See also: 2014 Ukrainian revolution

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

• Ukraine at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics