SPORTSLINE (10/14/01)

SPORTSLINE

GOODWILL GAMES

Ukraine placed sixth among a field of nearly 50 nations competing at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, from August 29 to September 9. Although Ukraine tied fifth-place Cuba with a total of 14 medals, Ukraine actually earned sixth place, having won only three gold medals, while Cuba captured 11 golds. Ukraine also won five silver and six bronze medals. Australia finished first in the medal count with a total of 74, edging out Russia, which accumulated 73 medals. The United States finished in third place with 71 total medals, 21 of which were gold.

Swimming

Yana Klochkova took two gold and two silver medals, placing first in both the women's 800-meter freestyle and the women's 400-meter individual medley events, while taking second place in the 400-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley events.

Track and field

Tatyana Tereschuk Antipova took the third gold for Ukraine by beating American Tonja Buford-Bailey in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.47, while Bailey finished with a time of 54.75. Finishing in third place was Yuliya Nosova of Russia with a time of 55.27.
Coming off of her recent win over American sprinter Marion Jones at the eighth IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Zhanna Pintusevich-Block could only manage 11.01 in the 100-meter final, giving her second place behind Jones who finished first with a time of 10.84.
Ukrainian Vita Palamar took the bronze medal in women's high jump behind first-place finisher Hestrie Cloete of Russia and second-place finisher Kajsa Bergqvist.
Olena Hovorova also took a bronze medal for Ukraine in women's triple jump with a distance of 14.25 meters, finishing behind gold medalist Tatyana Lebedev, who jumped a distance of 14.58 meters, and silver medalist Tereza Marinova, who leaped to 14.37 meters.

Gymnastics

In the women's vault, Alyona Kvasha of Ukraine took the bronze medal behind Elena Zamolodchikova of Russia, who took first place, and Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan, who took the bronze medal.
In the category of individual clubs, women's rhythmic gymnastics, Anna Bezsonova of Ukraine took the bronze medal, while Russian's Alina Kabaeva and Irina Chashchina took the gold and silver medals, respectively. Bezsonova also took fourth place in the categories of women's all-around, individual rope, individual ball and individual hoop.

Diving

The women's synchronized three-meter springboard event saw the Chinese duo of Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia take the gold medal ahead of silver medalists Vera Ilyina and Yuliya Pakhalina of Russia, and bronze medalists Anna Sorokina and Olena Zhupina of Ukraine.

Trampoline

Oleksander Chornohos of Ukraine took the silver medal in trampoline, ahead of bronze medalist Dmitri Polyarush of Belarus but behind first-place finisher Aleksandr Moskalenko of Russia.
Adding to Ukraine's bronze medal total, Oksana Tsykhuleva placed third in trampoline while Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey of Germany took the gold and Irina Karavayeva of Russia took the silver medal.

Boxing

In the 54-kilogram category, Ukrainian boxer Serhiy Danylchenko took the silver medal by defeating Australian Justin Kane 18-12 in the semifinal, but losing in the final to gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba by a score of 12-2.

SOCCER

The Ukrainian men's national soccer team tied the Polish national squad in front of almost 21,000 fans on a late, 81st-minute goal by sniper Andriy Shevchenko to give Ukraine a 1-1 draw in Warsaw. The outcome, although meaning little for the group five first-place Polish side, means Ukraine will now face Germany in a home-at-home playoff. Ukraine will play host to Germany on November 10 of this year and will then travel to Germany on November 14, where the winner of the aggregate will advance to next summer's 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea, while the loser will be eliminated.

The Ukrainian men's national soccer team took a step to qualifying for the 2002 World Cup by defeating Belarus 2-0 in Miensk on September 1 and handing the Armenian national squad a stout 3-0 defeat in Lviv on September 5, according to the Ukrainian News. Shevchenko scored both goals against Belarus - at the 44th and 56th minutes of play - and then capitalized at the 13th minute of play against the Armenian nationals to place himself first among goal scorers in World Cup qualifying action with eight goals at the conclusion of the Armenian game and nine after the Polish match. The Ukrainian side also saw results from Andrii Vorobei, who in both the 84th and 90th minutes helped his squad diligently dispose of Armenia.
With a 3-2 victory over West Morris on September 7, Columbia High School men's soccer coach, Gene Chyzowych set the national high school mark for most career victories with an impressive combined record of 593-137-55. During Chyzowych's 37-year tenure his Cougars have won 22 conference championships, 13 Essex County Tournament championships, 15 North Jersey sectional championships, and four New Jersey state championships.
On May 11, the Maryland State Soccer Association inducted Dan Kupchyk into the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame, citing his "outstanding play with the great Dnipro Clubs of the Maryland Major Soccer League (MMSL) of the late 1960s and 1970s." Mr. Kupchyk was also recognized for his contribution to coaching at the regional and all-star levels, where he has 17 winning seasons in his 19-year coaching career.

WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES

Competing at the World University Games in Beijing on August 22 through September 1, Ukraine's participants took a total of 34 medals - 13 gold, 14 silver and seven bronze - giving them fifth-place overall behind host China and followed in order by the United States, Russia and Japan according to the Ukrainian News.

Gymnastics

Twenty-year-old Tamara Yerfeyeva captured five of Ukraine's 34 medals by taking the gold in the individual all-around, and individual rope, hoop and ball events giving her a total of four golds and one silver medal in the individual clubs event.

Swimming

Yana Klochkova broke the 200-meter individual medley record of 2:14:22 set by Lin Li from China in 1991 with a time of 2:14:13 to take the first of her two gold medals. The second gold came in the 800-meter freestyle event, where Klochkova clocked-in at 8:36:37.
Ihor Chervynskyi added to Ukraine's gold medal count by taking the men's 800-meter freestyle event and a second gold in the men's 1500-meter freestyle. Chervynskyi joined Klochkova in breaking a University Games record by swimming the 800-meters in a time of 7:59:52.
Also taking two gold medals for the Ukrainian national squad was Ihor Lisohor in the men's 100-meter breaststroke and 50-meter breaststroke events.
Ukraine's seventh swimming gold was won by Ihor Snitko in the 400-meter freestyle event. He edged out American Kevin Clements by .01 seconds, with a winning time of 3:51.94.

Track and field

Vita Palamar won the gold medal in the women's high jump by clearing a height of 1.96 meters. While Ukraine's last gold medal came courtesy of Serhiy Lebid in the men's 5,000 meters on the closing day of the 21st World University Games.

Other Ukrainian medalists

Among the silver medal winners were the men's 4 x 400-meter swimming relay team of Andrii Tverdostud, Volodymyr Rybalka, Yevhen Zyukov and Oleksander Kaidash, Yurii Belenoh in men's shot put, Hanna Sorokina and Olena Zhupina in women's 3-meter doubles springboard, Vladyslav Piskunov in men's hammer throw, Vyacheslav Shyrsov in men's 50-meter freestyle swimming, Olha Mukomol in women's 50-meter freestyle swimming, Andriy Serdinov in the men's 100-meter butterfly, Anna Harina in the women's fencing epee and Maksym Khvorost in the men's epee.
As reported by the Ukrainian News of Edmonton, among the bronze medal winners were the women's epee team of Harina, Eva Vyborna, Natalia Hruzynska and Olha Partala; Tverdostud in the men's 400-meter race, Roman Volodkov in men's platform dive; Shyrsov in the 100-meter freestyle; and Nikolaychuk in the 100-meter backstroke.

- compiled by Andrew Nynka

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