Table tennis
• Ukraine’s women’s team – Tetiana Bilenko, Margarita Pesotska and Hanna Haponova – won bronze in the team competition at the European Table Tennis Championships on September 25 through October 4 in Yekateringburg, Russia. Ukraine was in Group D with Sweden, the Netherlands and Portugal.
• Ukraine table tennis club Trade Aliiance Kyiv lost 0-3 against Istres Tennis de Table of France on November 27 during the fourth stage of the European Table Tennis Union tournament.
Tennis
• Alexandr Dolgopolov and Elina Svitolina will represent Ukraine in the Gold Group at the 28th Hopman Cup 2016 at Perth Arena in Perth, Australia, on January 3-9, 2016. Also in Group B are Australia (Gold), the United States and the Czech Republic. The tournament features singles and mixed doubles competitions. The players representing Ukraine were announced on October 7. Ukraine’s first match will be against the U.S.A on January 4.
• Sergiy Stakhovsky lost 6-7 (5), 2-6 in the Round of 16 against Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands at the Trofeo Citta Di Brescia in Brescia, Italy, on November 16-21. Illya Marchenko lost 3-6, 2-6 in the quarterfinals against Dustin Brown of Germany. In doubles, Stakhovsky and Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic lost 6-4, 3-6, 9-11 in the quarterfinals against Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop of the Netherlands.
• Sergiy Stakhovsky was eliminated during the quarterfinal match against Lucas Pouille of France 1-6, 4-6 at the Challenger de Vendee international tennis tournament in Mouilleron Le Captif, France on November 9-15.
• Illya Marchenko lost 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(7) in the semifinal against Lukas Lacko of Slovakia at the Peugeot Slovak Open in Bratislava on November 9-11.
• Elina Svitolina lost in the semifinal against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 3-6, 1-6 at the WTA tennis tournament in Zhuhai, China on November 3.
• Alexandr Dolgopolov lost in the Round of 32 against David Ferrer of Spain 2-8, 2-6 at the PNB Paribas Masters tournament in Paris on November 2-8.
• Lesia Tsurenko lost 4-6, 2-6 against Svetlana Kunetsova of Russia in the semifinal of the Kremlin Cup on October 19-24 in Moscow. In doubles, Lyudmyla Kichenok and Olga Savchuk lost in the first round to Darja Jurak (Croatia) and Nicole Melichar (Czech Republic), 6-3, 1-6, 8-10.
• Illya Marchenko and Norbert Gombos of Slovakia lost against Frantisek Cermak of the Czech Republic and Andreas Siljestrom of Sweden in doubles 5-7, 6-4, 5-10 in the Round of 16 at the Ethias Trophy in Mons, Belgium on October 5-11.
• Sergiy Stakhovsky lost in the quarterfinal against Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany 4-6, 2-6 during the Open d’Orleans in Orelans, France, on September 28-October 4.
Biathlon
• Ukraine’s women’s biathlon team (Yuliia Dzhima, Olga Abramova, Valj Semerenko and Olena Pidhrushna) won bronze in the women’s 4×6-kilometer relay at the BMW International Biathlon Union World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria, on December 10-13 with a time of 1:05:45.7 seconds (+13.1 seconds behind the lead). Italy won first place, followed by Germany.
• Maksym Ivko won bronze (26:24.7 seconds) in the junior men’s 10-kilometer sprint at the IBU Junior Cup in Obertilliach, Austria, on December 12-13.
• Iryna Varvynets won gold in the women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint with a time of 22:03.9 seconds and third place in women’s 10-kilometer pursuit (32:43.2 seconds) at the IBU Cup at Ridnaun-Val Ridanna, Italy, on December 10-13. Ukraine’s mixed relay team (Anastasiya Merkushyna, Varvynets, Vitaliy Kilchytskyy and Dmytro Rusinov) won bronze (2×6-kilometer and 2×7.5-kilometer). Ukraine’s team finished with a time of 1:16.56 seconds, +2:09.6 seconds behind the lead won by Russia.
• Olena Pidhrushna won bronze in the women’s 15-kilometer race (42:54.8 seconds, +37.8 seconds) and bronze in the women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint (20:24.6 seconds, +38.4 seconds) at the BMW International Biathlon Union World Cup in Oestersund, Sweden, on November 28 through December 6. Pidhrushna also finished in 10th place in the women’s 10-kilometer pursuit. Sergey Semenov finished in 10th place in the men’s 20-kilometer individual race with a time of 52:35.1 seconds (+2:20.6 seconds). Dmytro Pidruchnyi finished in eighth place in the men’s 10-kilometer sprint (25:18.5 seconds) and in ninth place in the men’s 12.5-kilometer pursuit. Olga Abramova finished in seventh place in the women’s 7.5-km sprint.
Chess
• Veronika Veremyuk, 8, won the European Chess Junior Championship in Porec, Croatia, on September 20-October 1. Veremyuk scored 8 out of 8 points prior to the final match to win the gold medal in her age category. In the final, Veremyuk played against Russian Alexandra Shvedova of Russia. Mariya Muzychuk, 22, won in her age category as well.
Swimming
• Mykhailo Romanchuk won first place in the men’s 1,500-meter freestyle race (15:07.06 seconds) at the 2015 World Swimming Championships in Doha, Qatar, on November 2-3. Daryna Zevina won bronze in women’s 200-meter backstroke (2:11.05 seconds).
• Anastasiia Nedobiga won silver in the women’s three-meter springboard event (316.85 points) at the FINA Diving Grand Prix in Singapore on October 16-18. Viktoriya Kesar and Nedobiga won silver (282.60 points) in the women’s three-meter synchronized dive, and Gaana Krasndhlyk and Vlada Tatsenko won bronze (264.54 points) in the women’s 10-meter synchronized dive. In mixed competition, Nedobiga and Oleg Kolodiy won silver (279.90 points) in the mixed three-meter springboard.
Judo
• Ukraine’s Stanislav Bondarenko (+100 kg) and Iryna Kindzerska (+78 kg) won bronze medals at the Judo Grand Slam in Tokyo on December 4-6. In the semifinal, Bondarenko lost to Ryu Shichinohe of Japan, and Kindzerska lost in the semifinal against Nami Inamori of Japan.
• Oleksandr Kosinov (81 kg), Nataliya Nikolaychyk (52 kg), Inna Cherniak (57 kg) and Iryna Husieva (63 kg) won gold at the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) Judo European Championships on November 27-28 in Odivelas, Portugal. Davyd Khorava (66 kg), Dmytro Solovey (73 kg) and Oleksandr Nazarenko (90 kg) won silver; Serhii Kotenko (73 kg) tied with Nikolai Kornhass of Germany for bronze. In the men’s team competition, Ukraine tied with Spain for third place after Ukraine defeated Turkey. In the medals standings, Ukraine finished in second place with eight medalists (four gold, three silver and one bronze) and two fifth-place finishes – Yuliya Halinksa (48 kg) and Liudmyla Lohatska (52 kg). Twenty countries participated in the event.
• Ukraine won two bronze medals at the Judo Grand Prix in Qingdao, Japan, on November 22. Medalists included Oleksandr Gordiienko (+100 kg) after his win against Aituar Abdulov of Kazakhstan; and Svitlana Iaromka (+78 kg), who defeated Belkis Zehra Kaya of Turkey. Artem Bloshenko (-100 kg) finished in fifth place.
• Yelizaveta Kalinina (+78 kg) won bronze at the World Junior Championships on October 23-27 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Viktor Makukha (81 kg) and Anton Savytskiy (100 kg) won bronze medals, while Sergei Zvieriev (+100 kg) and Anastasiya Turchyn (78 kg) finished in fifth place. Ukraine finished in 17th place in the medals standings.
• Georgii Zantaraia (66 kg ) won silver at the Judo Grand Prix in Paris on October 17-18. Iryna Kindzerska (+78 kg) won bronze. Maryna Cherniak (48 kg) and Iakiv Khammo (+100 kg) finished in fifth place.
Cycling
• Roman Gladysh won third place in the men’s elite scratch race at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Cambridge, New Zealand, on December 4-6. Tetyana Klichenko finished in ninth place in the women’s scratch race.
• Lyubov Basova finished in fourth place in the women’s keirin (six-person, eight-lap race) finals at the Union of European Cycling (UEC) Track Elite European Championships 2015 in Grenchen, Switzerland, on October 15-18. Basova’s time was just 0.145 seconds behind the lead time.
Triathlon
• Yulia Yelistratova won first place in the elite women’s division at the 2015 Alanya ITU Triathlon World Cup on October 17 in Alanya, Turkey. Yelistratova finished in 1:59.32 seconds.
Fencing
• Ukraine’s junior men’s epee team won gold at the World Cup team challenge in Bratislava, Slovakia, on November 28. In the final, Ukraine won 45-43 against Hungary. Along the way, Ukraine won 45-38 in the semifinal against Poland and, in the quarterfinal, Ukraine won 45-33 against the Czech Republic.
• Ukraine’s junior men’s epee fencing team finished in fourth place at the World Cup tournament in Tallinn, Estonia, on November 15. Ukraine lost 10-8 against Italy in the third-place match.
• Ukraine’s junior men’s saber team finished in fourth place at the team World Cup tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on November 15. In the semifinal, Ukraine lost 45-18 against Italy.
• Ukraine’s women’s saber team finished in ninth place at the World Cup in Nanjing, China, on November 15. In the ninth-place match, Ukraine defeated France 40-39.
• Mariya Tsymbota tied for third place (with Olga Nikitina of Russia) in the Women’s Saber Junior World Cup in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on November 14. Tsymbota lost 15-4 against Tania Arrayales of Mexico in the semifinal.
• Ukraine’s women’s saber fencing team – Olha Harlan, Olena Voronina, Olena Kravatska and Halyna Pundyk – won the World Cup of Fencing in Orleans, France, on November 1. In the final, Ukraine defeated Russia 45-33. The tournament is used as a qualifying tool for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Harlan finished in second place in the individual competition.
Gymnastics
• Rhythmic gymnast Anna Rizatdinova won gold at the championship in Padua, Italy, on December 5. She competed with her club, San Giorgio Dezio.
• Angelina Kysla and Oleg Vernaiev won first place in the combined team event at the artistic gymnastics Swiss Cup in Zurich on November 8. The duo finished with 85.675 points. In the first round, Kysla scored 13.35 in the floor exercise, while Verniaiev scored 15.5 on the horse; and in the second round, Kysla scored 13.775 in the vault and Verniaiev scored 15.650 in the parallel bars; and in the semifinal, Kysla scored 12.3 points in the uneven bars and Verniaiev scored 15.1 points in the rings. In the final, the duo scored 29.925 points, with 13.875 in the vault for Kysla and 16.05 for Verniaiev in the parallel bars.
• At the 32nd Arthur Gander Memorial tournament in Morges, Switzerland, on November 4, Oleh Verniaiev won first place in the men’s all-around (43.5 points) after four events – horse, rings, vault and parallel bars. Angelina Kysla finished in 10th place in the women’s all-around, with a total of 37.850 points after three events – floor, uneven bars and vault.
• Oleh Verniaiev won silver in men’s parallel bars at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championship in Glasgow, Scotland, on October 23-November 1. Ukraine, with a lone silver medal, finished in ninth place in the medal standings.
Paralympics
• Ukraine finished in 12th place in the medals standings with 26 medals – four gold, eight silver and 14 bronze – at the International Paralympic Committee Championship in Doha, Qatar, on October 21-31. Roman Danyliuk won gold in the men’s shot put (F12), Oleksandr Doroshenko won gold in men’s shot put (F38), Mariia Pomazan won gold in the women’s shot put (F35) and Oksana Zubkovksa won gold in the women’s long jump (T12). Oxana Boturchuk won silver in the women’s 400-meter (T12) race and the women’s 200-meter race (T12), Roman Mesyk won silver in the men’s javelin throw (F11), Dorosehnko won silver in the men’s javelin throw (F38) and Natalia Iezlovetska won silver in the women’s 40-meter race (T20). Roman Pavlyk won silver in the men’s 200-meter race (T36) and Pavlyk won bronze in the men’s 400-meter and 100-meter races (T36) and silver in the men’s long jump (T36), Anastasiia Mysnyk won bronze in women’s shot put (F20), Dmytro Prudnikov won bronze in the men’s long jump (T20), Dmytro Ibragimov won bronze in the men’s discus throw and bronze in the men’s shot put (F46), Lyudmyla Danylina won bronze in the women’s 1,500-meter race (T20), Olena Rozdobudko won bronze in the women’s long jump (T20), Ruslan Katyshev won bronze in the men’s long jump (T11), Inna Stryzhak won bronze in the women’s long jump (T38), Boturchuk won bronze in the women’s 200-meter race (T12), Iurii Tsaruk won bronze in the men’s 200-meter race (T35) and Orysia Ilchyna won bronze in the women’s discus throw (F12).
Wheelchair dance
• Ukraine’s Ivan and Nadiia Sivak won first place in duo Latin Class 2 at the IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championship on November 7-8 in Rome. In the same dance category, Olena Chynka and Oleksandr Onishchenko finished in fifth place. The Sivak team also won bronze in the duo standard Class 2 standard category (that included waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, slow foxtrot and quickstep) and the Chynka-Onishchenko pair finished in fifth place. Illona Slugovyna won gold in the women’s single Class 1 standard and Latin category (that included waltz, tango, samba, rumba and jive) and Snejana Kernichna finished in eighth place; Chynka won silver in the women’s single Class 2 standard and Latin category. Valeriy Bevzyuk and Slugovyna won second place in the duo standard Class 1 standard category and Vladimir and Snejana Kernichny finished in fifth place. Veronika Pedchenko and Valeriy Bevzyuk finished in sixth place in the Combi Latin Class 1 category (that included samba, cha-cha, rumba, paso doble and jive); and Olena Dankevych and Ivan Zamiga finished in sixth place in the combi Latin Class 2 category.
Weightlifting
• Four men and three women will represent Ukraine at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016. The names are to be announced by the Ukrainian Youth and Sports Ministry.
• Ukraine finished in fourth place in the medal standings (four medals – one gold, one silver and two bronze) at the 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Championships in Eger, Hungary, on November 28. Lidia Soloviova (50 kg) won gold, Anton Kriukov (97 kg) won silver, Mariana Shevchuk (55 kg) and Lyubov Semenyuk (79 kg) won bronze.
• Ihor Konotop (85 kg) won silver in the Junior and U-23 European Weightlifting Championships in Klaipeda, Lithuania, on October 1-11. Konotop lifted 155 kg in the snatch (second best) and 181 kg (third best) in the clean and jerk. Anton Pliesnoi (94 kg) finished in fourth place after lifting 155 kg in the snatch (third best) and 185 kg in the clean and jerk (fourth best).
Marathon
• Olena Shurkhno (2:33.24 seconds) and Vitaliy Shafar (2:14.44 seconds) won the Macao Galaxy Entertainment International Marathon in Macao, China, on December 6.
World Military Games
• Ukraine finished in 10th place in the medal standings (26 medals – five gold, nine silver and 12 bronze) at the 6th CISM (International Military Sports Council) World Games in Mungyeong, South Korea, on October 2-11. In track and field events; Natalia Lupu won gold in the women’s 800-meter race (1:59.99 seconds); Natalia Pohrebniak won silver in the women’s 100-meter race; Anna Ryzhkova won silver in the women’s 400-meter hurdles; Natalia Pyhyda won bronze in the women’s 400-meters; Ukraine’s women’s relay team (Lupu, Ryzhkova, Olha Zemlak and Natalia Pyhyda) won silver in the women’s 4×100-meter relay race; and Iryna Gerashchenko won silver in the women’s high jump (1.84 meters); Sergii Smelyk won silver in the men’s 200-meters; and Yevhen Vynohradov won silver in the men’s hammer throw. In Judo, Svitalana Yaromka (78 kg) won silver. In wrestling, Zhan Beleniuk (85 kg) won gold in the men’s Greco-Roman; Oleksandr Chernetskyy (130 kg) won silver in men’s Greco-Roman; Pavlo Oliinyk (97 kg) won bronze in freestyle; Denys Demyankov (66 kg) won bronze in men’s Greco-Roman; Mykola Savchenko (71 kg) won bronze in Greco-Roman; Dmytro Pyshkov (75 kg) won bronze in the men’s Greco-Roman; Oleksandr Shyshman (80 kg) won bronze in the men’s Greco-Roman. In sailing, Borys Svets and Pavlo Matsuyev won gold in the 2,000-meter open two-person dinghy competition. In swimming, Mariia Liver won gold in the women’s 50-meter breaststroke and silver in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke; Bohdgan Plavin won bronze in the men’s 50-meter freestyle race; Dmytro Oseledets won bronze in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke; Oleksii Ivanov won bronze in the men’s 100-meter butterfly; and Valerii Dymo won bronze in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke. In fencing, Ukraine’s men’s epee team (Maksym Khvorost, Bohdan Nikishyn and Ihor Reizlin) won gold after winning 45-34 against Poland in the final. Ukraine’s women’s modern pentathlon team (Valeriya Permykina, Anastasiia Spas and Viktoriya Tereshchuk) won bronze. Ukraine’s men’s shooting team (Oleksandr Petriv, Oleg Tkachov and Viktor Bankin) won bronze in the men’s 25-meter rapid fire pistol event.
Checkers
• Olha Baltazha won the World Draughts (checkers) Championship in Ismir, Turkey, on October 8-10 in the women’s rapid division. Nineteen teams competed, 12 men’s and nine women’s teams. Baltazha, who is trained by her husband Kostiantyn, won in the final against Matrena Nogovitsyna of Russia.
Billiards
• Mariya Pudovkina won the IPC World Championships – Free Pyramid in Tomsk, Russia, on December 1-5. Pudkovina defeated Olga Milovanova of Russia in the final of the Free Pyramid discipline. The competition attracted 93 athletes from 17 countries. Pudovkina won the championship in 2009.