Ukraine at the 2023 Winter World University Games explained

Games:	Winter Universiade
Games Link:	2023 Winter World University Games
Year:	2023
Noc:	UKR
Nocname:	Sports Students Union of Ukraine
Competitors:	58
Sports:	8
Location:	Lake Placid, United States
Start Date:	12 January 2023
End Date:	22 January 2023
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	4
Rank:	18

Ukraine competed at the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, United States, from 12 to 22 January 2023.

On 12 July 2022, it was announced that the Ukraine men's national ice hockey team was selected to compete at the Games.^{[1] [2]} It will mark the return of the Ukraine team after the ten-year pause when the team last competed at the 2013 Winter Universiade. Ukraine will not compete in curling.^[1]

The national ice hockey team went on a tour in Canada before the Universiade.^[3] On December 30, the Ukrainian team lost 2–0 to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.^{[4] [5]}

On 28 December 2022, the Committee on the Physical Training and Sports of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine announced that the Ukrainian team was expected to be represented by 61 athletes competing in 8 sports: biathlon, alpine skiing, Nordic combined, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, figure skating, ice hockey, and short track speed skating.^[6]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	1	0	2	3
	0	1	1	2
	0	0	1	1

Competitors

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	1	3	4
Biathlon	4	3	7
Cross-country skiing	5	4	9
Figure skating	2	2	4
Ice hockey	21	—	21
Nordic combined	3	—	3
Short track speed skating	2	2	4
Snowboarding	4	2	6
Total	42	16	58

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2023 Winter World University Games.

It was announced on 3 January 2022 that Ukraine would be represented by 1 male and 3 female alpine skiers.^{[7] [8]}

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roman Tsybelenko	Men's super-G	1:05.80	42
	Men's сombined	1:02.91	44	50.95	34	1:53.86	34
	Men's giant slalom	1:10.72	61	1:06.85	34	2:17.57	36
	Men's slalom	59.90	52	colspan=4
Anastasiya Shepilenko	Women's super-G	53.61	11
	Women's combined	50.73	4	53.34	16	1:44.07	12
	Women's giant slalom	1:05.99	14	1:03.02	2	2:09.01	9
	Women's slalom	colspan=4
Kateryna Shepilenko	Women's super-G	56.62	29
	Women's combined	55.93	28	58.05	24	1:53.98	24
	Women's giant slalom	colspan=4
Anastasiia Matsola	Women's giant slalom	1:18.74	62	1:16.50	46	2:35.24	47
	Women's slalom	1:21.05	38	1:18.26	32	2:39.31	33

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2023 Winter World University Games.

It was announced on 2 January 2022 that Ukraine would be represented by 5 male and 3 female biathletes.^[9] But later Vitaliy Mandzyn was forced to withdraw from the competitions due to pneumonia.^[10] Ukraine was represented by four male and three female athletes who won two medals.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Dmytro Hrushchak	Short individual	47:12.2	6 (2+2+0+2)	15
	Sprint	28:38.7	2 (0+2)	7
	Pursuit	36:26.3	1 (0+0+0+1)
	Mass start	42:51.3	5 (1+2+0+2)	14
Stepan Kinash	Short individual	44:43.5	2 (1+0+0+1)	5
	Sprint	colspan="3"
	Mass start	41:49.6	3 (2+0+1+0)	9
Vladyslav Chykhar	Short individual	48:43.8	6 (1+3+1+1)	21
	Sprint	29:07.5	1 (1+0)	11
	Pursuit	38:39.2	3 (0+1+1+1)	10
Roman Borovyk	Short individual	48:03.6	7 (1+2+1+3)	20
	Sprint	29:20.2	3 (1+2)	14
	Pursuit	38:47.6	4 (0+1+3+0)	12
	Mass start	44:39.0	6 (1+1+1+3)	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Yuliia Horodna	Individual	45.52.3	3 (1+1+0+1)	5
	Sprint	25:25.8	1 (1+0)	8
	Pursuit	34:28.4	3 (1+0+0+2)	6
	Mass start	42:33.8	3 (1+0+0+2)	7
Liliia Steblyna	Individual	51.45.5	10 (3+3+3+1)	34
	Sprint	26:17.8	3 (2+1)	13
	Pursuit	35:34.6	4 (1+0+2+1)	14
	Mass start	41:44.7	2 (0+0+1+1)	4
Olena Horodna	Individual	49.59.7	5 (0+1+1+3)	30
	Sprint	26:45.6	2 (1+1)	22
	Pursuit	36:48.7	3 (0+2+0+1)	20

Mixed

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2023 Winter World University Games.

Ukraine was represented by 9 athletes.^[12]

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final result
		Time	Deficit	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Ruslan Denysenko	10 km classical	26:06.6	+1:29.6	19
10 km pursuit	25:07.4	+2:22.5	18
30 km mass start	1:13:24.4	+35.6	11
align=left rowspan=3	Dmytro Romanchenko	10 km classical	27:32.3	+2:55.3	55
10 km pursuit	29:07.0	+6:22.1	51
30 km mass start	1:21:52.2	+9:03.4	39
align=left rowspan=3	Oleh Mishchenko	10 km classical	28:27.2	+3:50.2	64
30 km mass start	1:28:43.9	+15:55.1	47
10 km pursuit	29:31.4	+6:46.5	55
align=left rowspan=3	Maksym Bondar	10 km classical	28:23.7	+3:46.7	62
10 km pursuit	30:18.9	+7:34.0	60
30 km mass start	1:20:34.1	+7:45.3	36
align=left rowspan=2	Oleksii Kyryk	10 km classical	32:06.4	+7:29.4	78
10 km pursuit	35:15.6	+12:30.7	72
Ruslan Denysenko Dmytro Romanchenko Oleh Mishchenko Maksym Bondar	4×7.5 km relay	1:24:30.5	+7:29.0	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Final result
		Time	Deficit	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Anastasiia Nikon	5 km classical	15:05.3	+1:44.5	38
5 km pursuit	15:10.3	+2:42.5	37
15 km mass start	44:40.4	+5:02.0	39
align=left rowspan=3	Anastasiia Ivanchenko	10 km classical	15:29.9	+2:09.1	48
5 km pursuit	15:16.0	+2:48.2	39
15 km mass start	42:42.6	+3:04.2	27
align=left rowspan=3	Anastasiia Savinska	10 km classical	15:24.9	+2:04.1	46
5 km pursuit	16:25.8	+3:58.0	47
15 km mass start	46:38.0	+6:59.6	44
align=left rowspan=3	Yelizaveta Nopriienko	10 km classical	16:00.6	+2:39.8	53
5 km pursuit	16:34.8	+4:07.0	50
15 km mass start	44:01.9	+4:23.5	36
Anastasiia Nikon Yelizaveta Nopriienko Anastasiia Ivanchenko	3×5 km relay	47:48.6	+3:59.0	11

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dmytro Romanchenko	align=left rowspan=5	Men's sprint	2:40.54	56	colspan=6
Maksym Bondar	2:42.45	62	colspan=6
Ruslan Denysenko	2:42.57	63	colspan=6
Oleh Mishchenko	2:43.13	64	colspan=6
Oleksii Kyryk	2:46.24	67	colspan=6
Anastasiia Ivanchenko	align=left rowspan=4	Women's sprint	3:13.93	49	colspan=6
Anastasiia Nikon	3:14.87	50	colspan=6
Anastasiia Savinska	3:20.96	57	colspan=6
Yelizaveta Nopriienko	3:25.05	63

Relay

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maksym Bondar Anastasiya Nikon	Mixed team sprint	21:49.31	14	colspan="2"
Dmytro Romanchenko Anastasiya Ivanchenko		22:53.28	15

Figure skating

See main article: article and Figure skating at the 2023 Winter World University Games.

Ivan Shmuratko was scheduled to compete in the men's singles competition but he had to withdraw due to problems with his foot.^[13] Ukraine was thus represented in women's singles and ice dancing by one entry.^[14]

Athlete	Event					Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ivan Shmuratko	Men's singles	colspan=6
Anastasia Hozhva	Women's singles	57.50	9 Q	95.99	9	153.49	8
Mariia Holubtsova Kyryl Bielobrov	Ice dance	62.88	5	95.97	5	158.85	5

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2023 Winter World University Games.

Team roster^[15] Head coach: Vadym Shakhraychuk

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
6	D		181cm (71inches)	77abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Sokil Kyiv
7	F		179cm (70inches)	79abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Energija/GV Elektrėnai
10	F	(C)	178cm (70inches)	75abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Sokil Kyiv
21	D		181cm (71inches)	83abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Dnipro Kherson
23	F		187cm (74inches)	84abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Dnipro Kherson
3	D		182cm (72inches)	84abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Corpus Christi IceRays
4	D	(A)	196cm (77inches)	92abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Dnipro Kherson
11	F	(A)	181cm (71inches)	79abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Brooks Bandits
15	F		171cm (67inches)	68abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Manhattanville College
19	F		179cm (70inches)	75abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	HK Kremenchuk
8	F		175cm (69inches)	75abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Wiener EV
16	D		177cm (70inches)	75abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Sokil Kyiv
18	F		187cm (74inches)	84abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Dnipro Kherson
22	D		176cm (69inches)	66abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Springfield Junior Pics
24	F		185cm (73inches)	85abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Energija/GV Elektrėnai
9	F		183cm (72inches)	88abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	HK Kremenchuk
12	D		193cm (76inches)	88abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks
13	F		191cm (75inches)	80abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	MŠK Púchov U20
14	F		183cm (72inches)	82abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	HC Sparta Praha U20
1	GK		184cm (72inches)	81abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	Dauphin Kings
20	GK		182cm (72inches)	83abbr=onNaNabbr=on	January 13, 2023	HC Kharkiv Berserks

Summary^[16]

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2023 Winter World University Games.

Dmytro Mazurchuk and Vitalii Hrebeniuk won the first-ever medal for Ukraine in the sport at the Winter Universiades.^[17]

Men^[18]

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time/Points	Rank
Dmytro Mazurchuk	align=left rowspan=3	Men's normal hill/10 km	89.5	102.0	6	24:15.5	3	26:41.5	5
Vitalii Hrebeniuk	88.5	103.2	5	24:33.5	6	26:55.5	6
Oleksandr Shumbarets	70.0	62.4	16	25:20.1	12	30:25.1	14
Dmytro Mazurchuk	align=left rowspan=3	Men's mass start 10 km/normal hill^[19]	88.0	110.4	5	26:37.2	10	80.4	7
Vitalii Hrebeniuk	82.0	103.2	6	25:57.2	7	83.2	6
Oleksandr Shumbarets	74.5	86.1	11	28:50.2	16	22.8	15
Dmytro Mazurchuk Vitalii Hrebeniuk	Men's team sprint normal hill/2 x 4 x 1.5 km^[20]	211.1		3	25:00.2	4	25:33.2

Short track speed skating

See main article: article and Short track speed skating at the 2023 Winter World University Games.

Ukraine was represented by 4 athletes.^[21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Prel. Heat		Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Yaroslav Morozov	500 m	59.046	5	colspan=8
1000 m	1:32.728	3 q	1:56.309	5	colspan=6
1500 m	2:27.946	5	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=3	Rostyslav Leontenko	500 m	42.776	3 q	43.644	4	colspan=6
1000 m	1:47.992	5	colspan=8
1500 m	2:33.819	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Tetiana Zarvanska	500 m	49.331	5	colspan=6
1000 m	1:37.716	5	colspan=6
1500 m	2:57.147	5	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=3	Viktoriia Chervenko	500 m	50.149	5	colspan=6
1000 m	1:45.233	5	colspan=6
1500 m	2:58.982	5

Mixed

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2023 Winter World University Games.

Mykhailo Kharuk became the first Ukrainian Universiade champion in snowboarding.^[22] In total, Ukraine won three medals in snowboarding.^[23]

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding 1		Seeding 2	Elimination		Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Points	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Ivan Malovannyi	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	56.91	10 Q		10	11	colspan=3
Hlib Mostovenko	1:00.14	15	3

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Mykhailo Kharuk	Men's parallel giant slalom	59.89^[24]	1 Q	Majerczyk W	Cho W	Hong W	Pink W
Men's parallel slalom	1:06.25^[25]	1 Q	Skoff W	Pocinek W	Burgstaller L +0.39	Shinohara W
align=left rowspan=2	Vasyl Kasheliuk	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:01.73	6 Q	Farber W	Pink L +0.53	colspan=3
Men's parallel slalom	1:09.18	6 Q	Yogo W	Shinohara L +0.43	colspan=3
align=left rowspan=2	Nadiia Hapatyn	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:04.41	3 Q	Kanazawa L +0.26	colspan=4
Women's parallel slalom	1:12.91	5 Q	Kleesattel W	Hauser W	Kainz L +0.17	Fava W
align=left rowspan=2	Vita Bodnaruk	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:04.98^[26]	9 Q	Hauser W	Murata W	Fava L +1.19	Bätschi L +0.79	4
Women's parallel slalom	1:14.89^[27]	7 Q	Jang W	Bätschi L +1.17

External links

• Ukrainian medallists at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Notes and References

1. https://www.fisu.net/news/winter-fisu-world-university-games/six-months-to-the-lake-placid-2023-fisu-world-university-games Six months to the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games
2. https://xsport.ua/ua/hockey_s/news/zbirna-ukrayiny-stala-uchasnykom-universiady-2023_8696934/ Ukraine national team became a participant of the 2023 Universiade
3. https://ua.tribuna.com/uk/hockey/1000000034453-studencheskaya-sbornaya-ukrainy-po-xokkeyu-provedet-turn/ Ukraine's national student ice hockey team will go on a tour in Canada
4. Web site: SPORTARENA.com . Студентська збірна України з хокею програла контрольний матч Університету Саскачевана . 2023-01-11 . SPORTARENA.com . uk.
5. Web site: 31 December 2022 . Ukrainian U-25 hockey team wins hearts and a standing ovation in 2-0 loss to U of S Huskies . CBC News.
6. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsportcomitet.mon%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0pU3XsRxG7TSoY3xzaRXxgzSKyZ8eBEP9Gj21TxEKGb1EW9PnNHrpjQzkuYwwP5jKl&show_text=true&width=500 Information post by the Committee on the Physical Training and Sports of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine
7. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsportcomitet.mon%2Fposts%2Fpfbid06byeHDrHBvPt51cY1aannGG2p19bvcdMvaaEosRcdG9MJyRT7Ajivj2bhvvsWKAVl&show_text=true&width=500 Ukraine alpine skiing team at the 2023 Winter World University Games
8. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/ALP%20/%20ResultBook/WU2023_ALP_v1.0.pdf Alpine Skiing Results Book
9. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsportcomitet.mon%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02FLAY7N9WkacZ7CxdKrKARmp6Fi9TjNWwqXVtJQer8TnMPH9T8sGQ2MogxEyhCgfAl&show_text=true&width=500 Ukraine biathlon team at the 2023 Winter World University Games
10. https://sport.ua/uk/news/610081-mandzyn-ne-smozhet-vystupit-na-universiade-izvestna-prichina Мандзин не зможе виступити на Універсіаді. Відома причина
11. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/BTH%20/%20ResultBook/WU2023_BTH_v1.0.pdf Biathlon Results Book
12. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/CCS/2023-01-21/CCS-------------------------------__C32A_2.0.pdf Cross-country skiing entry list
13. https://suspilne.media/358732-roblu-vse-sob-povernutisa-v-strij-figurist-ivan-smuratko-znavsa-z-universiadi-2023-i-poasniv-pricinu/ "Роблю все, щоб повернутися в стрій". Фігурист Іван Шмуратко знявся з Універсіади-2023 і пояснив причину
14. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/FSK%20/%20ResultBook/WU2023_FSK_v1.0.pdf Figure Skating Results Book
15. https://lakeplacid2023-results.microplustimingservices.com/#/nation-entries/UKR Ukraine's entries at the 2023 Winter World University Games
16. https://www.lakeplacid2023.com/events/list/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=131&tribe__ecp_custom_3%5B0%5D=Ice+Hockey Ice Hockey Schedule at the 2023 Winter World University Games
17. https://suspilne.media/361206-ukraina-zdobula-drugu-medal-universiadi-2023-persa-v-istorii-u-liznomu-dvoborstvi/ Україна здобула другу медаль Універсіади-2023: перша в історії у лижному двоборстві
18. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/NCB%20/%20ResultBook/WU2023_NCB_v1.0.pdf Nordic Combined Results Book
19. https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=NK&raceid=2990 Results of the men's mass start 10 km/normal hill competition
20. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/NCB/2023-01-17/NCBMTEAMSP2-----------FNL-000200--__C73C4_1.0.pdf Results of the men's team sprint competition
21. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/STK/2023-01-19/STK-------------------------------__C30_1.0.pdf Competitors in short track speed skating at the 2023 Winter World University Games
22. https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2023/01/21/7385951/ Сноубордист Михайло Харук здобув для України перше "золото" на Універсіаді
23. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/SBD/2023-01-22/SBD-------------------------------__C93_5.0.pdf Medallists in snowboarding at the 2023 Winter World University Games
24. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/SBD/2023-01-21/SBDMPGS---------------QUAL--------__C73P2_1.0.pdf Qualification results (Men's PGS)
25. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/SBD/2023-01-22/SBDMPSL---------------QUAL--------__C73P2_1.0.pdf Qualification results (Men's PSL)
26. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/SBD/2023-01-21/SBDWPGS---------------QUAL--------__C73P2_1.0.pdf Qualification results (Women's PGS)
27. https://lakeplacid2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WU2023/SBD/2023-01-22/SBDWPSL---------------QUAL--------__C73P2_1.0.pdf Qualification results (Women's PSL)