# 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.
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 |
| Total | 19 | 24 | 43 |

## Medalists

| 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

Ukraine qualified 2 berths, one male and one female.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Dmytro Mytsak | Men's giant slalom | 1:34.22 | 67 | 1:37.18 | 64 | 3:11.40 | 60 |
| Dmytro Mytsak | Men's slalom | 1:01.57 | 72 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Dmytro Mytsak | 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 |
| Bohdana Matsotska | Women's super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:31.58 | 27 |

## Biathlon

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 |
| Andriy Deryzemlya | Pursuit | 36:21.5 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 36 |
| Andriy Deryzemlya | 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 |
| Artem Pryma | Pursuit | 37:39.3 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | 44 |
| Artem Pryma | Individual | 58:35.2 | 7 (3+1+0+3) | 81 |
| Serhiy Sednev | Sprint | 26:16.8 | 1 (1+ 0) | 44 |
| Serhiy Sednev | Pursuit | 39:33.8 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 54 |
| Serhiy Semenov | Sprint | 26:10.4 | 1 (1+0) | 41 |
| Serhiy Semenov | Pursuit | 36:48.1 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | 39 |
| Serhiy Semenov | 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 |
| Juliya Dzhyma | Pursuit | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Juliya Dzhyma | Individual | 45:49.9 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 7 |
| Juliya Dzhyma | Mass start | 38:10.8 | 4 (0+0+2+2) | 22 |
| Olena Pidhrushna | Sprint | 22:12.8 | 1 (0+1) | 26 |
| Olena Pidhrushna | Pursuit | 31:54.2 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 22 |
| Olena Pidhrushna | Individual | 45:59.5 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 8 |
| Olena Pidhrushna | Mass start | 36:37.1 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 7 |
| Valj Semerenko | Sprint | 21:44.9 | 1 (0+1) | 12 |
| Valj Semerenko | Pursuit | 30:23.6 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 5 |
| Valj Semerenko | Individual | 47:28.2 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 19 |
| Valj Semerenko | Mass start | 37:03.5 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | 12 |
| Vita Semerenko | Sprint | 21:28.5 | 0 (0+0) | |
| Vita Semerenko | Pursuit | 30:40.3 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 10 |
| Vita Semerenko | Individual | 48:29.2 | 3 (0+0+0+3) | 29 |
| Vita Semerenko | 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

Ukraine qualified 7 berths.

### Men

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

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Classical | Classical | Freestyle | Freestyle | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |
| Maryna Antsybor | 30 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | 1:16:22.7 | +5:17.5 | 35 |
| Tetyana Antypenko | 10 km classical | — | — | — | — | 31:06.9 | +2:49.1 | 30 |
| Tetyana Antypenko | 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 |
| Kateryna Hryhorenko | 15 km skiathlon | 21:11.6 | 50 | 21:01.2 | 43 | 42:47.2 | +4:13.6 | 49 |
| Kateryna Hryhorenko | 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 |
| Valentina Shevchenko | 15 km skiathlon | 20:17.0 | 34 | 20:00.6 | 18 | 40:50.7 | +2:17.1 | 27 |
| Valentina Shevchenko | 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 |

### Men

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

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Maryna Antsybor | Sprint | 2:40.55 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marina Lisogor | Sprint | 2:53.22 | 58 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kateryna Serdyuk | Sprint | 2:44.12 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marina Lisogor Kateryna Serdyuk | Team sprint | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS | did not advance | 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

Ukraine has achieved the following quota places:
| Athlete | Event | SP/OD | SP/OD | FS/FD | FS/FD | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri Rudyk | Pairs | 48.45 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun | Ice dancing | 41.90 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Team trophy

| Athlete | Event | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance |
| Athlete | Event | Men's | Ladies' | Pairs | Ice dance | Total | Total | Men's | Ladies' | Pairs | Ice dance | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Freestyle skiing

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

### Aerials

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

## Luge

Ukraine has qualified a total of six athletes and a spot in the team relay.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Men's singles | 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 | Women's singles | 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

Ukraine qualified one male athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |
| Viktor Pasichnyk | Large hill/10 km | 122.5 | 104.6 | 20 | 23:59.6 | 31 | 25:37.6 | 30 |

## Short track speed skating

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

### Women

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

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

### Alpine

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