Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
IPC code	UKR
NPC	National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine
Website	www.paralympic.org.ua
in Sochi
Competitors	23 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Mykhaylo Tkachenko (opening) Lyudmyla Pavlenko (closing)
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 5 9 11 25
Winter Paralympics appearances
1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988) Unified Team (1992)

Ukraine competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014.^[1]

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dmytro Kuzmin Guide: Sergii Dorosh	Slalom visually impaired	1:06.64	15	1:06.17	10	2:12.81	10
	Giant slalom visually impaired	1:38.85	16	1:36.12	13	3:14.97	13

Snowboarding

Para-snowboarding is making its debut at the Winter Paralympics and it will be placed under the Alpine skiing program during the 2014 Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivan Osharov	Snowboard cross	DSQ		1:12.87	20	1:10.35	21	2:23.22	24

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Events	Final
		Real Time	Calculated Time	Missed Shots	Result	Rank
Oleksandr Korniiko	7.5km, sitting	24:37.3	24:37.3	1+0	24:37.3	17
	12.5km, sitting	40:34.2	40:34.2	0+0+0+2	40:34.2	15
	15km, sitting	47:17.0	49:17.0	1+1+0+0	49:17.0	13
Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn	7.5km, visually impaired	21:47.7	21:21.5	0+0	21:21.5	6
	12.5km, visually impaired	DNF
	15km, visually impaired	38:03.9	38:18.2	0+1+0+0	38:18.2
Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Borys Babar	7.5km, visually impaired	20:18.8	20:18.8	0+0	20:18.8
	12.5km, visually impaired	31:04.0	31:04.0	0+0+0+0	31:04.0
	15km, visually impaired	37:21.6	38:21.6	0+1+0+0	38:21.6
Vladyslav Maystrenko	7.5km, standing	23:51.8	23:08.8	2+2	23:08.8	16
	12.5km, standing	34:33.4	33:31.2	1+2+0+1	33:31.2	14
	15km, standing	43:30.1	45:11.8	2+0+0+1	45:11.8	14
Ihor Reptyukh	7.5km, standing	20:49.8	20:12.3	1+0	20:12.3	11
	12.5km, standing	34:16.6	33:14.9	2+1+2+3	33:14.9	12
	15km, standing	38:20.2	40:11.2	1+1+1+0	40:11.2	9
Iaroslav Reshetynskiy Guide: Dmytro Khurtyk	7.5km, visually impaired	22:55.2	22:55.2	0+1	22:55.2	11
	12.5km, visually impaired	33:21.9	33:21.9	0+0+0+0	33:21.9	6
	15km, visually impaired	41:19.5	41:19.5	0+0+0+0	41:19.5	7
Dmytro Shulga Guide: Artur Gergardt	7.5km, visually impaired	24:48.4	24:18.6	1+1	24:18.6	13
	12.5km, visually impaired	36:27.7	35:43.9	0+0+0+0	35:43.9	7
	15km, visually impaired	44:09.1	44:16.1	0+0+1+0	44:16.1	11
Vitalii Sytnyk	7.5km, standing	22:21.6	21:27.9	0+1	21:27.9	15
	12.5km, standing	34:39.4	33:16.2	0+0+0+2	33:16.2	13
	15km, standing	43:33.6	41:49.1	0+0+0+0	41:49.1	13
Mykhaylo Tkachenko	7.5km, sitting	23:58.3	23:58.3	0+1	23:58.3	12
	12.5km, sitting	38:48.4	38:48.4	0+1+0+1	38:48.4	10
	15km, sitting	46:23.6	49:23.6	0+1+2+0	49:23.6	15
Iurii Utkin Guide: Vitaliy Kazakov	7.5km, visually impaired	21:14.6	21:14.6	0+0	21:14.6	4
	12.5km, visually impaired	32:04.5	32:04.5	0+0+0+0	32:04.5	4
	15km, visually impaired	39:11.0	39:11.0	0+0+0+0	39:11.0	5
Grygorii Vovchynskyi	7.5km, standing	20:14.8	19:38.4	0+1	19:38.4	8
	12.5km, standing	32:24.6	31:26.3	1+0+1+1	31:26.3	7
	15km, standing	38:51.0	37:41.1	0+0+0+0	37:41.1
Maksym Yarovyi	7.5km, sitting	24:38.9	21:11.9	0+0	21:11.9
	12.5km, sitting	43:42.6	37:35.4	0+1+2+3	37:35.4	7
	15km, sitting	51:06.2	48:56.9	0+1+4+0	48:56.9	12

Women

Athlete	Events	Final
		Real Time	Calculated Time	Missed Shots	Result	Rank
Iuliia Batenkova	6km, standing	20:05.9	19:17.7	1+0	19:17.7
	10km, standing	33:23.9	32:03.7	0+0+1+1	32:03.7	5
	12.5km, standing	42:11.1	42:29.9	1+1+0+0	42:29.9	6
Iryna Bui	6km, standing	22:52.3	22:11.1	1+2	22:11.1	11
	10km, standing	33:48.3	32:47.5	0+0+0+0	32:47.5	7
	12.5km, standing	43:57.7	43:38.6	0+0+1+0	43:38.6	9
Olena Iurkovska	6km, sitting	19:39.6	19:39.6	0+0	19:39.6
	10km, sitting	34:49.2	34:49.2	2+1+0+0	34:49.2	4
	12.5km, sitting	41:30.8	41:30.8	0+0+0+0	41:30.8
Oleksandra Kononova	6km, standing	20:11.3	19:35.0	2+0	19:35.0	5
	10km, standing	31:30.4	30:33.7	0+0+1+0	30:33.7
	12.5km, standing	40:43.9	40:30.6	0+0+1+0	40:30.6
Liudmyla Liashenko	6km, standing	20:54.9	20:17.3	0+0	20:17.3	7
	10km, standing	31:59.2	31:01.6	0+0+0+0	31:01.6	4
	12.5km, standing	42:45.3	42:28.3	0+1+0+0	42:28.3	5
Lyudmyla Pavlenko	6km, sitting	21:34.8	20:17.1	0+2	20:17.1	7
	10km, sitting	36:34.3	34:22.6	0+0+2+0	34:22.6
	12.5km, sitting	44:35.5	43:55.0	1+1+0+0	43:55.0	6
Olga Prylutska Guide: Volodymyr Mogylnyi	6km, visually impaired	DNF
	10km, visually impaired	44:01.6	44:01.6	0+2+2+2	44:01.6	4
	12.5km, visually impaired	44:21.9	46:21.9	0+1+0+1	46:21.9	5
Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Lada Nesterenko	6km, visually impaired	21:14.5	20:49.0	0+0	20:49.0
	10km, visually impaired	35:44.3	35:01.4	1+2+0+1	35:01.4
	12.5km, visually impaired	38:35.1	37:48.8	0+0+0+0	37:48.8

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
		Real Time	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Real Time	Result	Rank
Oleksandr Korniiko	1km sprint classic, sitting	2:25.99	2:25.99	18	Did not qualify
	10km free, sitting	N/A					35:23.5	35:23.5	20
Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn	10km free, visually impaired	N/A					26:21.7	25:50.1	12
Vladyslav Maystrenko	1km sprint classic, standing	4:06.86	3:59.45	14	Did not qualify
	10km free, standing	N/A					28:51.5	27:59.6	26
Ihor Reptyukh	1km sprint classic, standing	3:59.18	3:52.01	11Q	4:20.2	6	Did not advance
	10km free, standing	N/A					26:01.4	25:14.6	5
	20km, standing	N/A					1:01:38.4	56:05.5	6
Iaroslav Reshetynskiy Guide: Dmytro Khurtyk	10km free, visually impaired	N/A					26:15.3	26:15.3	10
	20km, visually impaired	N/A					59:27.6	59:27.6	9
Dmytro Shulga Guide: Artur Gergardt	1km sprint classic, visually impaired	3:50.80	3:46.18	6Q	4:21.0	3	Did not advance
Vitalii Sytnyk	10km free, standing	N/A					27:54.1	26:47.1	19
	20km, standing	N/A					1:05:01.7	58:31.5	9
Mykhaylo Tkachenko	1km sprint classic, sitting	2:15.92	2:15.92	6Q	2:37.3	5	Did not advance
	10km free, sitting	N/A					35:22.6	35:22.6	19
	15km, sitting	N/A					44:58.8	44:58.8	10
Iurii Utkin Guide: Vitaliy Kazakov	10km free, visually impaired	N/A					26:45.8	26:45.8	11
	20km, visually impaired	N/A					59:06.1	59:06.1	7
Grygorii Vovchynskyi	1km sprint classic, standing	3:52.90	3:45.91	9Q	4:12.7	4	Did not advance
	10km free, standing	N/A					26:50.4	26:02.1	16
Maksym Yarovyi	1km sprint classic, sitting	2:28.36	2:07.59	2Q	2:27.5	2Q	2:31.6	2:31.6
	10km free, sitting	N/A					36:10.3	31:06.5
	15km, sitting	N/A					49:00.5	42:08.8	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
		Real Time	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Real Time	Result	Rank
Iuliia Batenkova	1km sprint classic, standing	4:51.28	4:39.63	3Q	4:46.8	1Q	4:31.4	4:31.4
	5km, standing	N/A					14:18.8	13:44.4
	15km, standing	N/A					55:25.7	49:53.1
Iryna Bui	1km sprint classic, standing	5:28.19	5:18.34	13	Did not qualify
	5km, standing	N/A					16:02.2	15:33.3	11
Olena Iurkovska	1km sprint classic, sitting	2:44.82	2:44.82	11Q	3:05.4	5	Did not advance
	5km, sitting	N/A					18:23.8	18:23.8	14
Oleksandra Kononova	1km sprint classic, standing	4:41.31	4:32.87	1Q	4:45.7	2Q	4:47.1	4:47.1	5
	5km, standing	N/A					14:12.5	13:46.9
	15km, standing	N/A					59:08.5	53:49.1	6
Liudmyla Liashenko	1km sprint classic, standing	4:50.31	4:41.60	4Q	4:52.0	4	Did not advance
	5km, standing	N/A					14:29.0	14:02.9	5
	15km, standing	N/A					1:04:18.0	58:30.8	9
Kateryna Pavlenko	15km, standing	N/A					1:14:10.7	1:07:30.1	10
Lyudmyla Pavlenko	1km sprint classic, sitting	3:06.23	2:55.06	17	Did not qualify
	5km, sitting	N/A					17:30.0	16:27.0
	12km, sitting	N/A					41:23.3	38:54.3
Olga Prylutska Guide: Volodymyr Mogylny	5km, visually impaired	N/A					16:22.5	16:22.5	9
Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Lada Nesterenko	1km sprint classic, visually impaired	4:43.58	4:37.91	4Q	4:57.7	2Q	4:24.6	4:24.6
	5km, visually impaired	N/A					14:00.3	13:43.5	4

Relay

Athletes	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Olena Iurkovska Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Ihor Reptyukh Iurii Utkin Guide: Vitaliy Kazakov	4 x 2.5km open relay	25:17.9
Iuliia Batenkova Guide: Lada Nesterenko Oleksandra Kononova Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn Oleksandr Mukshyn Guide: Oksana Shyshkova	4 x 2.5km mixed relay	28:09.1	4

Concerns and controversies

Prior to the Games, the Ukrainian territory of Crimea was seized by the Russian military in the wake of the Ukrainian revolution. The Ukraine team still participated in the Games, but Valeriy Sushkevich, head of the country's National Paralympic Committee, warned that "if there is an escalation of the conflict, intervention on the territory of our country, God forbid the worst, we would not be able to stay here. We would go." Similarly to the Olympics, political protests and statements among athletes were forbidden during Paralympic events, although two major, symbolic protests by the Ukrainian team occurred during the Games. During the opening ceremonies, all but one of the country's 31 athletes declined to participate in the parade of nations. The country was represented solely by Nordic skier and flagbearer Mykailo Tkachenko, whose entrance was greeted with an ovation from the audience.^[2] Some Ukrainian medalists were seen covering their medal with their hand during ceremonies as another form of silent protest; Sushkevich stated that the covering was "a demonstration that aggression and the high ideals of Paralympic sports are incompatible."^[3]

See also

• Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

1. "Athletes - Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games". Sochi2014.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
2. "Ukrainians stage symbolic protest at opening of Sochi Winter Paralympics". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
3. "How Ukraine's athletes in Sochi are protesting against Russia's actions". Quartz. Retrieved 17 March 2014.