# Ukraine at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Ukraine competed at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. It was Ukraine's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, after the country had competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
Skeleton athlete Yaroslav Lavreniuk & biathlete Valeriia Sheihas were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
Ukraine was represented in 12 out of 15 sports, except for ice hockey, bobsleigh, and speed skating. Ukraine debuted in curling, which in general was Olympic debut for the country in this sport.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Boys | Girls | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biathlon | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Cross-country skiing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Curling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Luge | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Nordic combined | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Short track speed skating | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Skeleton | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Snowboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 24 | 20 | 44 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Yaroslav Lavreniuk | Skeleton | Men's | 23 January |
| Bronze | Polina Putsko | Biathlon | Women's sprint | 23 January |

## Alpine skiing

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Oleksandr Patsahan | Boys' super-G | — | — | — | — | 59.41 | 44 |
| Oleksandr Patsahan | Boys' combined | 59.48 | 47 | 1:01.69 | 31 | 2:01.17 | 32 |
| Oleksandr Patsahan | Boys' giant slalom | 55.14 | 52 | DNF2 | DNF2 | DNF2 | DNF2 |
| Oleksandr Patsahan | Boys' slalom | 53.10 | 46 | 59.75 | 33 | 1:52.85 | 32 |
| Mariia Sorokmaniuk | Girls' super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:01.84 | 46 |
| Mariia Sorokmaniuk | Girls' combined | 1:05.32 | 51 | 1:01.29 | 30 | 2:06.61 | 33 |
| Mariia Sorokmaniuk | Girls' giant slalom | DNF1 | DNF1 | DNF1 | DNF1 | DNF1 | DNF1 |
| Mariia Sorokmaniuk | Girls' slalom | 1:00.85 | 49 | DNF2 | DNF2 | DNF2 | DNF2 |

## Biathlon
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Ivan Steblyna | Sprint | 24:33.1 | 4 (2+2) | 47 |
| Ivan Steblyna | Individual | 49:49.2 | 8 (3+3+2+0) | 57 |
| Oleksandr Bilanenko | Sprint | 22:41.9 | 3 (1+2) | 12 |
| Oleksandr Bilanenko | Individual | 46:08.0 | 6 (2+1+1+2) | 24 |
| Dmytro Kriukov | Sprint | 24:37.2 | 4 (2+2) | 51 |
| Dmytro Kriukov | Individual | 45:36.6 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | 19 |
| Oleksandr Holik | Sprint | 26:37.6 | 4 (2+2) | 76 |
| Oleksandr Holik | Individual | 50:18.2 | 6 (0+1+3+2) | 63 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Valeriia Sheihas | Sprint | 21:32.0 | 2 (0+2) | 12 |
| Valeriia Sheihas | Individual | 42:09.8 | 4 (0+2+1+1) | 23 |
| Alina Khmil | Sprint | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Alina Khmil | Individual | 40:06.4 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | 11 |
| Polina Putsko | Sprint | 20:54.1 | 1 (0+1) | |
| Polina Putsko | Individual | 40:56.4 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | 17 |
| Iryna Shevchenko | Sprint | 22:09.8 | 3 (1+2) | 23 |
| Iryna Shevchenko | Individual | 40:35.9 | 3 (0+2+0+1) | 12 |

### Mixed

| Athletes | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Iryna Shevchenko Oleksandr Bilanenko | Single mixed relay | 46:41.6 | 3+15 | 6 |
| Valeriia Sheihas Polina Putsko Dmytro Kriukov Oleksandr Bilanenko | Mixed relay | 1:23:24.2 | 5+15 | 9 |

## Cross-country skiing

Ukraine qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).

### Distance

| Athlete | Event | Time | Difference | Rank |
| Bohdan Nikulin | Boys' 7.5 kilometre classical | 21:27.2 | +1:40.0 | 32 |
| Nazarii Teselskyi | Boys' 7.5 kilometre classical | 21:30.2 | +1:43.0 | 33 |
| Sofiia Shkatula | Girls' 7.5 kilometre classical | 24:04.8 | +1:45.2 | 24 |
| Mariia Pavlenko | Girls' 7.5 kilometre classical | 24:55.7 | +2:36.1 | 34 |

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bohdan Nikulin | Boys' sprint | 3:12.27 | 26 Q | 3:13.93 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nazarii Teselskyi | Boys' sprint | 3:18.93 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofiia Shkatula | Girls' sprint | 3:52.19 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariia Pavlenko | Girls' sprint | 3:55.51 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athletes | Event | Time | Difference | Rank |
| Mariia Pavlenko Sofiia Shkatula Nazarii Teselskyi Bohdan Nikulin | Mixed relay | 57:13.4 | +4:06.1 | 12 |

## Curling

Ukraine qualified a mixed doubles pair for a total of two athletes (one per gender).

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Marharyta Lytvynenko Artem Shlyk | Mixed doubles | Slovenia L 5–11 | Norway L 2–7 | Sweden L 0–9 | United States L 1–9 | Qatar W 12–8 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |

### Mixed doubles

| Group B | W | L | W–L | DSC |
| United States | 5 | 0 | – | 61.18 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1 | – | 78.69 |
| Norway | 3 | 2 | – | 34.37 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 3 | – | 112.84 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 4 | – | 74.81 |
| Qatar | 0 | 5 | – | 155.39 |

#### Draw 3

Saturday, January 27, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | X | 11 |
| Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |

#### Draw 5

Sunday, January 28, 10:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |

#### Draw 10

Monday, January 29, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 9 |
| Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |

#### Draw 12

Tuesday, January 30, 14:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| United States (Wendling / Paral) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | X | 9 |

#### Draw 14

Wednesday, January 31, 9:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Qatar (Al-Fahad / Alnaimi) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |

## Figure skating

| Athletes | Event | SP/SD | SP/SD | FS/FD | FS/FD | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Vadym Novikov | Men's singles | 54.91 | 14 Q | 105.73 | 14 | 160.64 | 14 |
| Sofiia Rekunova / Denys Fediakin | Ice dance | 35.76 | 11 Q | 57.45 | 11 | 93.21 | 11 |

## Freestyle skiing
### Dual moguls

| Athlete | Event | Panel | Panel | Semifinal | Final / Bronze final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Semifinal | Final / Bronze final | Rank |
| Dmytro Perets | Boys' dual moguls | 8 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | =17 |
| Yuliana Kysil | Girls' dual moguls | 8 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | =17 |

### Mixed team dual moguls

| Athlete | Event | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / Bronze final | Rank |
| Dmytro Perets Yuliana Kysil | Mixed team dual moguls | United States 2 Abby McLarnon Jiah Cohen 2–68 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Slopestyle and big air

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best score | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Final score | Rank |
| Mariia Aniichyn | Girls' slopestyle | 5.25 | 19.75 | 19.75 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariia Aniichyn | Girls' big air | 66.00 | 49.00 | 66.00 | 9 Q | 75.00 | 37.00 | 39.75 | 114.75 | 8 |
| Nataliia Kaziuk | Girls' slopestyle | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Nataliia Kaziuk | Girls' big air | 64.50 | 7.75 | 64.50 | 10 Q | 58.00 | 61.25 | 28.50 | 89.75 | 9 |

## Luge

Ukraine qualified nine lugers which is the biggest luge team in the history of Ukraine's participation in the Winter Youth Games so far.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anton Shevchuk | Singles | 47.642 | 12 | 47.410 | 12 | 1:35.052 | 12 |
| Maksym Panchuk Andrii Muts | Doubles | 48.903 | 8 | 49.117 | 7 | 1:38.020 | 7 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Dariia Nekotienieva | Singles | 49.983 | 20 | 50.166 | 22 | 1:40.149 | 19 |
| Daryna Fedorchuk | Singles | 49.529 | 17 | 50.092 | 21 | 1:39.621 | 17 |
| Svitlana Solovei Anna-Mariia Hartsula | Doubles | 49.160 | 5 | 49.266 | 4 | 1:38.426 | 5 |

### Mixed team relay

| Athlete | Event | Women' singles | Women' singles | Men' singles | Men' singles | Doubles | Doubles | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Daryna Fedorchuk Anton Shevchuk Maksym Panchuk / Andrii Muts | Team relay | 50.721 | 9 | 50.685 | 4 | 52.056 | 5 | 2:33.462 | 5 |

## Nordic combined
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Final result | Final result |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank | Deficit | Rank |
| Oleksandr Shovkoplias | Men's normal hill/6 km | 43.9 | 30 | +6:28 | 13:14.9 | 4 | +6:19.8 | 29 |
| Rostyslav Kirashchuk | Men's normal hill/6 km | 107.7 | 14 | +2:13 | 13:15.3 | 5 | +2:05.2 | 12 |

## Short track speed skating

Ukraine qualified one male and two female short track speed skaters which is the biggest short track speed skating team in the history of Ukraine's participation in the Winter Youth Games so far..

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Volodymyr Melnyk | 500 m | 44.455 | 2 Q | 44.521 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Volodymyr Melnyk | 1000 m | 1:37.915 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Volodymyr Melnyk | 1500 m | — | — | 2:23.798 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Veronika Kremer | 500 m | 48.844 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Veronika Kremer | 1000 m | 1:40.527 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Veronika Kremer | 1500 m | — | — | 2:44.426 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Diana Demochko | 500 m | 48.370 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Diana Demochko | 1000 m | 1:58.732 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Diana Demochko | 1500 m | — | — | 2:41.971 | 4 q | 2:41.167 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Skeleton

Ukraine qualified two skeleton racers which is the biggest skeleton team in the history of Ukraine's participation in the Winter Youth Games so far.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yaroslav Lavreniuk | Men's | 52.89 | 3 | 52.78 | 2 | 1:45.67 | |
| Vladyslav Klymenko | Men's | 58.08 | 20 | 56.49 | 16 | 1:54.57 | 20 |

## Ski jumping

Ukraine qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).
Individual
| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Mykola Smyk | Boys' normal hill | 83.5 | 65.1 | 26 | 84.5 | 64.7 | 26 | 129.8 | 28 |
| Vasyl Bukhonko | Boys' normal hill | 79.5 | 55.7 | 31 | 81.5 | 58.7 | 29 | 114.4 | 31 |
| Zhanna Hlukhova | Girls' normal hill | 81.0 | 55.4 | 18 | 74.0 | 42.7 | 23 | 98.1 | 21 |
| Daryna Ilchuk | Girls' normal hill | 61.5 | 12.2 | 30 | 65.5 | 21.7 | 30 | 33.9 | 30 |

### Mixed team

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Zhanna Hlukhova Mykola Smyk Daryna Ilchuk Vasyl Bukhonko | Mixed team normal hill | 413.0 | 14 |

## Snowboarding
### Snowboard cross

| Athlete | Event | Group heats | Group heats | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Position | Position |
| Ivan Ivchatov | Men's snowboard cross | 9 | 13 | DNQ | DNQ |