Ukraine at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Ukraine at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Ukraine
IOC codeUKR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Ukraine
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors44 in 12 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Yaroslav Lavreniuk & Valeriia Sheihas
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[1]

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

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Oleksandr Patsahan Boys' super-G — 59.41 44
Boys' combined 59.48 47 1:01.69 31 2:01.17 32
Boys' giant slalom 55.14 52 DNF2
Boys' slalom 53.10 46 59.75 33 1:52.85 32
Mariia Sorokmaniuk Girls' super-G — 1:01.84 46
Girls' combined 1:05.32 51 1:01.29 30 2:06.61 33
Girls' giant slalom DNF1
Girls' slalom 1:00.85 49 DNF2

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Boys
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Ivan Steblyna Sprint 24:33.1 4 (2+2) 47
Individual 49:49.2 8 (3+3+2+0) 57
Oleksandr Bilanenko Sprint 22:41.9 3 (1+2) 12
Individual 46:08.0 6 (2+1+1+2) 24
Dmytro Kriukov Sprint 24:37.2 4 (2+2) 51
Individual 45:36.6 4 (1+0+2+1) 19
Oleksandr Holik Sprint 26:37.6 4 (2+2) 76
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
Individual 42:09.8 4 (0+2+1+1) 23
Alina Khmil Sprint DNS
Individual 40:06.4 2 (0+2+0+0) 11
Polina Putsko Sprint 20:54.1 1 (0+1) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Individual 40:56.4 4 (1+1+0+2) 17
Iryna Shevchenko Sprint 22:09.8 3 (1+2) 23
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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Ukraine qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).[2]

Distance
Athlete Event Time Difference Rank
Bohdan Nikulin Boys' 7.5 kilometre classical 21:27.2 +1:40.0 32
Nazarii Teselskyi 21:30.2 +1:43.0 33
Sofiia Shkatula Girls' 7.5 kilometre classical 24:04.8 +1:45.2 24
Mariia Pavlenko 24:55.7 +2:36.1 34
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bohdan Nikulin Boys' sprint 3:12.27 26 Q 3:13.93 5 Did not advance
Nazarii Teselskyi 3:18.93 38 Did not advance
Sofiia Shkatula Girls' sprint 3:52.19 36 Did not advance
Mariia Pavlenko 3:55.51 41 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

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Ukraine qualified a mixed doubles pair for a total of two athletes (one per gender).[3][4]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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 19

Mixed doubles

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – 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
Round robin
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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 4 0 5 2 0 0 1 12
 Qatar (Al-Fahad / Alnaimi) 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 8

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Athletes Event SP/SD FS/FD Total
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

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Dual moguls
Athlete Event Panel Semifinal Final /
Bronze final 		Rank
Score Rank
Dmytro Perets Boys' dual moguls 8 5 Did not advance =17
Yuliana Kysil Girls' dual moguls 8 5 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
Slopestyle and big air
Athlete Event Qualification Final
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
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
Girls' big air 64.50 7.75 64.50 10 Q 58.00 61.25 28.50 89.75 9

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Ukraine qualified nine lugers which is the biggest luge team in the history of Ukraine's participation in the Winter Youth Games so far.[5][6][7][8]

Boys
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
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 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dariia Nekotienieva Singles 49.983 20 50.166 22 1:40.149 19
Daryna Fedorchuk 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 Men' singles Doubles Total
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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Boys
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Final result
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 107.7 14 +2:13 13:15.3 5 +2:05.2 12

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

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..[9]

Boys
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Volodymyr Melnyk 500 m 44.455 2 Q 44.521 5 Did not advance
1000 m 1:37.915 4 Did not advance
1500 m — 2:23.798 6 Did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Veronika Kremer 500 m 48.844 4 Did not advance
1000 m 1:40.527 4 Did not advance
1500 m — 2:44.426 5 Did not advance
Diana Demochko 500 m 48.370 3 Did not advance
1000 m 1:58.732 4 Did not advance
1500 m — 2:41.971 4 q 2:41.167 5 Did not advance

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

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 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yaroslav Lavreniuk Men's 52.89 3 52.78 2 1:45.67 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vladyslav Klymenko 58.08 20 56.49 16 1:54.57 20

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Ukraine qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).[10]

Individual

Athlete Event First round Final Total
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 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 61.5 12.2 30 65.5 21.7 30 33.9 30
Mixed team
Athlete Event Total
Points Rank
Zhanna Hlukhova
Mykola Smyk
Daryna Ilchuk
Vasyl Bukhonko 		Mixed team normal hill 413.0 14

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Group heats Semifinal Final
Points Rank Position Position
Ivan Ivchatov Men's snowboard cross 9 13 DNQ

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  4. ^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Men´s Singles World Cup referring D.1" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation (FIL). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Women´s Singles World Cup referring D.1" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation (FIL). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Men´s Doubles World Cup referring D.2" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation (FIL). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Women´s Doubles World Cup referring D.2" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation (FIL). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Communication No. 2608 - YOG 2024 Final Quotas Allocation Speed Skating & Short Track". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.