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Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Field	Value
NOC	UKR
NOCname	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
games	Winter Olympics
year	2014
website
location	Sochi
competitors	43 (19 men, 24 women)
sports	9
flagbearer	Valentina Shevchenko (opening)
Vita Semerenko (closing)
rank	20
gold	1
silver	0
bronze	1
appearances	auto
app_begin_year	1994
seealso	RU1 (1900–1912)
Austria (1896-1912)
Hungary (1896–1912)
TCH (1920–1936)
POL (1924–1936)
ROU (1924–1936)
URS (1952–1988)
EUN (1992)

Vita Semerenko (closing) Austria (1896-1912) Hungary (1896–1912) TCH (1920–1936) POL (1924–1936) ROU (1924–1936) URS (1952–1988) EUN (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.

The women's relay victory gave Ukraine its second Winter Games gold medal ever. The first was won by Oksana Baiul at the 1994 Winter Olympics. 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.

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

Medalists

2014 Ukrainian stamp commemorating the gold medal

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Vita Semerenko
Juliya Dzhyma
Valj Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna	Biathlon	Women's relay	21 February
		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
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	colspan=4	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	colspan=4	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.

;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

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
Maryna Antsybor	15 km skiathlon	21:06.1	49	21:01.9	44	42:42.5	+4:08.9	49
30 km freestyle	colspan=4	1:16:22.7	+5:17.5	35
Tetyana Antypenko	10 km classical	colspan=4	31:06.9	+2:49.1	28
15 km skiathlon	21:19.5	51	21:41.6	52	43:40.3	+5:06.7	52
Kateryna Hryhorenko	10 km classical	colspan=4	32:03.5	+3:45.7	46
15 km skiathlon	21:11.6	50	21:01.2	43	42:47.2	+4:13.6	49
30 km freestyle	colspan=4	1:17:53.0	+6:47.8	38
Marina Lisogor	10 km classical	colspan=4	33:35.4	+5:17.6	58
Valentina Shevchenko	10 km classical	colspan=4	30:33.0	+2:15.2	22
15 km skiathlon	20:17.0	34	20:00.6	18	40:50.7	+2:17.1	27
30 km freestyle	colspan=4	1:12:42.6	+1:37.4	14
Maryna Antsybor
Tetyana Antypenko
Kateryna Hryhorenko
Valentina Shevchenko	4×5 km relay	colspan=4	56:56.1	+3:53.4	12

;Sprint ;Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
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	colspan=4	25:31.13	11	did not advance

;Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Quarterfinal	Semifinal
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	colspan=4	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. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine claimed Serdyuk was injured.

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
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
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
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
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	colspan=4	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	colspan=2	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
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

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. 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". 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. 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".

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. 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. 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". 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.

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