September 25, 2015

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Weightlifting

• Yevhenii Nykonenko (77 kg) won bronze in European Weightlifting Championships in Landskrona, Sweden, on August 1-8. In the snatch his best was 107 kg and in the clean and jerk his best was 126 kg.  Alina Shevkoplyas (63 kg) won gold in the U-17 division, with 89 kg in the snatch and 106 kg in the clean and jerk. Dmytro Sukhotskyi (56 kg) won gold in the U-17 division after a first-place finish in snatch with a best result of 102 kg; he scored fifth in the clean and jerk with a best of 120 kg. The competition was sponsored by the International Weightlifting Federation.

Basketball

• Ukraine finished in last place (sixth) in Group D of the FIBA EuroBasket 2015, finishing with a record of two wins and three losses. Ukraine lost 69-68 against Lithuania on September 5, won 64-78 against the Czech Republic on September 6, lost 71-78 against Estonia on September 7, won 74-75 against Latvia (Group D host) on September 9 and lost 71-79 against Belgium on September 10. Ukraine qualified by finishing in sixth place at the EuroBasket 2013. Spain won the final against Lithuania 80-63. Ukrainian referee Borys Ryzhyk co-officiated the final match. Ukraine’s Kyrylo Fesenko was one of the leading rebounders for the tournament, averaging 8.8 rebounds per game.

• Ukraine’s women’s team finished in fourth place in Group A in the EuroBasket Women 2015. Ukraine lost 55-79 against France on June 11, lost 79-80 against the Czech Republic on June 12, won 78-714 against Romania (tournament co-host with Hungary) on June 13, and lost 71-84 against Montenegro on June 14. Serbia won the final against France 76-68.

Wrestling

• Ukraine is in sixth place in the medal standings (2 gold, 1 silver, 6 bronze) at the 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., on September 7-12.  Zhan Beleniuk (85 kg) won gold in the men’s Greco-Roman competition; Armen Vardanyan (71 kg) won silver after Rasul Chunayev of Azerbaijan won gold in the weight division; Dimitry Timchenko (98 kg) tied for bronze against Islam Magomedov of Russia; and Oleksandr Chernetskyi (130 kg) tied with Bilyal Makhov of Russia. In men’s freestyle, Pavlo Oliynyk (97 kg) tied for bronze with Khetag Gazyumov of Azerbaijan; and Vasyl Shuptar (61 kg) tied for bronze with Vladimir Dubov of Bulgaria. In women’s freestyle, Oksana Herhel (60 kg) won gold against Sukheeglin Tserenchimed of Mongolia; Tetyana Kit (55 kg) tied for bronze with Evelina Nikolova of Bulgaria; and Yuliya Tkach (60 kg) tied for bronze with Taybe Yusein of Bulgaria.  In team competition for Greco-Roman Wrestling, Ukraine is ranked in third place with 35 points. The annual tournament has been hosted since 2003 and attracts wrestlers from more than 100 countries in freestyle, women’s and Greco-Roman. In women’s freestyle, Ukraine’s women’s team finished in fourth place with 30 points; Ukraine’s men’s Greco-Roman team won third place with 35 points and Ukraine’s men’s freestyle team finished in ninth place.

Swimming

• Ukraine finished in 19th place in the medal standings with two silver medals and one bronze at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, on July 24 through August 9. Illya Kvasha won silver in the men’s 1-meter springboard diving event and Iuliia Prokopchuk and Oleksandr Goroshkovzov won silver in the team event that included 3-meter springboard dives and 10-meter platform dives. Lolita Annansova and Anna Voloshyn won bronze medals in the women’s duet free routine. Olena Fedorova finished in fourth place in the women’s 1-meter springboard final; Kvasha and Oleksandr Gorshkovozov finished in fourth place in men’s 3-meter synchronized springboard event; Viktoriya Kesar and Anastasiia Nedobiga finished in fourth place in the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard event; Maksym Dolgov and Goroshkovozov finished in fourth place in the men’s 10-meter synchronized platform dive; Voloshyna finished in fourth place in the women’s solo technical synchronized swimming event and fourth in the women’s solo free event; Voloshyna and Ananasova finished in fourth place in the women’s duet technical synchronized swimming; Ukraine’s women’s synchronized swimming team (Ananasova, Voloshyna, Daria Iushko, Olena Grechykhina, Oleksandra Sabada, Anastasiya Savchuk, Kateryna Sadrska and Kseniya Sydorenko) finished in fourth place in free combination and team free routines.

• At the 2015 FINA Masters in Kazan, Russia, on August 5-16. Georgiy Chizhevskiy (Gavrylych Swim Club) won first place in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke (5:46.95 seconds), finished in second place (2:40.31 seconds) in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke in the 90-94 age group, second place in the men’s 50-meter freestyle  (59.33 seconds), second place in the men’s 50-meter breaststroke (1:09.26 seconds), and second place in the men’s 50-meter butterfly race; Iurii Matkovskyi won third place (8:31.24 seconds) in the men’s (75-79 age group) 400-meter medley and third place in the men’s (3:34.52 seconds) 200-meter backstroke; Nataliya Khudyakova of the No Stars Swim Club (30-34 age group) won second place in the women’s 100-meter butterfly with a time of 1:08.50 seconds, and finished in third place in the women’s 50-meter butterfly race (29.06 seconds); Valeriy Krishtal (NO Stars Swim Club) won second place in the men’s (50-54 age group) 100-meter backstroke (1:08.12 seconds) and third place in the men’s 50-meter backstroke (31.58 seconds).

Chess

• Nataliya Buksa, 19, won the World Junior U-20 Championships in Khanty-Masiysk, Russia, on September 1-16.  In the final, Buksa defeated Gunay Mammadzada of Azerbaijan finishing with 10 points. The tournament was sponsored by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). In the open division, Egor Bogdanov represented Ukraine.

Canoeing

• Canoeist Dmytro Ianchuk, Mykhailo Mandziak, Einyr Akhadov and Taras Mishchuk won first place in the men’s U-23 C-4 Canoe Sprint (500-meters) with a time of 1:39.260 seconds during the International Canoe Federation’s World Canoe Sprint Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, on July 23-26. Boryslav Byzu, Viktor Svyrydiuk, Bohdan Chaban and Oleksii Koliadych won second place in the junior men’s C4 500-meter race. Ukraine’s junior competitors won seven medals (one gold, three silver and three bronze) and the Under-23 team won three medals (two gold, one silver). Liudmyla Luzan won first place in the junior women’s 500-meter C1 race (2:20.380 seconds), Daniyil Kuzmin and Ivan Semykin won second place in the men’s 200-meter K2 race (33.268 seconds), Semykin won bronze in the junior men’s K1 200-meter race (36.656 seconds), Luzan won silver in the junior women’s C1 200-meter race (50.084 seconds).

Judo

• Ukraine’s Iakiv Khamo (+100 kg) tied for third place with Adam Okruashvili of Georgia at the World Judo Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, on August 24-30. In the third-place match, Khamo won against Sung-Min Kim of South Korea after scoring ippon within 40 seconds.

• Daria Bilodid (44 kg) won gold at the World Cadet Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on August 5-9.

• Ukraine finished in second place in the medal standings with nine medals (three gold, two silver and four bronze) at the Junior European Judo Cup in Prague on July 25-26. Artem Khomula (-73 kg), Rezo Mesablishvili (81 kg) and Sergei Zvieriev (+100 kg) won gold medals in their respective divisions.  Silver medalists included Alexander Koshliak (73 kg) and Anton Savitskiy (-100 kg). Bronze medal winners included Bogdan Iadov (66 kg), Viktor Makukha (81 kg), Liudmyla Drozdova (70 kg) and Vasylyna Krychenko (+78 kg).

• Ukraine’s junior judo team won seven medals (two gold, three silver and two bronze) at the Junior European Judo Cup in Wroclaw, Poland, on July 18-19. Asim Mameidov (60 kg) and Sergei Zvieriev (+100 kg) won gold; Yelyzaveta Kalanina (+78 kg), Artem Khomula (73 kg) and Nodar Machutadze (+100 kg) won silver; and Artem Pliyev (73 kg) and Mariia Skora (57 kg) won bronze.

• At the Junior European Judo Cup in Paks, Hungary, on July 11-12 Ukraine’s Oleh Ovcharenko (60 kg) won the bronze medal. Ovcharenko won against Tornike Tsjakadoea of the Netherlands in the third-place match.

• At the Cadet European Judo Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, on July 3-5, Ukraine won three medals – one gold (Daria Bilodid, 44 kg), one silver (Hanna Kukharuk, 63 kg) and one bronze (Oleksandr Cherkai, 73 kg).

• Ukraine won three medals at the Budapest Grand Prix on June 13-14.  Svitlana Iaromka (+78 kg) won silver, Georgii Zantaraia (66 kg) won bronze and Oleksandra Starkova (52 kg) won bronze. In the final, Iaromka lost to Megumi Tachimoto of Japan. In the  womne’s +78 kg semifinal, Tachimoto defeated Iryna Kindzerska of Ukraine, and Iaromka defeated Larisa Ceric of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the men’s semifinal, Zantaraia lost to Kengo Takiaichi of Japan, who went on to win first place.  In the 52 kg repechage, Starkova won against Annabelle Euranie of France.

Archery

• Ukraine’s women’s team – Mariya Shkolna (17), Viktoriya Dyakova (21) and Olena Borysenko (19) – won gold at the archery World Outdoor Championships at Christianborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on August 1. In the final, Ukraine bested the Netherlands after trailing the first round by three points, and cutting the Netherland’s lead by one point for the final six arrows. Ukraine was on the attack, with two 10s it was the first time the Ukrainian team led at 189-188. This was the first outdoor win for Ukraine, with many titles won for indoor competitions. “This is a very important medal for Ukraine, especially for compound archers in our country,” said Borysenko.

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