January 5, 2019

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Soccer

• Dynamo Kyiv, ranked 12th in the list of top UEFA teams based on performance in the UEFA European Cup (1955-1991) and in its updated format since 1991, the UEFA Champions League.  With 231 matches played, Dynamo won 97 of them, drawn 51 and lost 83 for a coefficient of 245 points. Shakhtar Donetsk, in 31st place with 127 points, played 124 matches, with 51 wins, 25 draws and 28 losses. The ranking included 513 European clubs and the top-10 included Real Madrid (spain), Bayern Munich (Germany), Barcelona (Spain), Manchester United (England), Juventus (Italy), Benifica (Portugal), Porto (Portugal), Liverpool (England) and Ajax (the Netherlands).

Boxing

• Lightweight Denys Berinchyk (10-0, 7 KO) won by seventh-round TKO against Rosekie Cristobal (15-3, 11 KO) of the Philippines on December 12, 2018, at the Ice Palace Terminal in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast. Berinchyk won the WBO lightweight title with the win, keeping his undefeated record. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds.

• ESPN named cruiserweight unified champion Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KO) of Ukraine as the fighter of the year. Usyk beat out contenders Vasyl Lomachenko, Mikey Garcia, Anthony Joshua and Maurice Hooker.  

• Biathlon

• Ekaterina Bekh won silver in the women’s 10-kilometer pursuit (24:30.0 seconds) and bronze in the women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint (19:19.6 seconds) at the Junior IBU Cup in Premanon, France, on December 19-21, 2018. 

Summer Youth Olympics

• Ukraine finished in 10th place in the medal standings (five gold, seven silver and six bronze) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 6-18, 2018. Ukraine fielded a team of 55 athletes, and competed in 13 sports. The Olympics attracted athletes from 206 countries. Ukraine’s youth team for the first time in its history won medals in fencing, rowing, badminton, rhythmic gymnastics and acrobatics gymnastics.  

Invictus Games

• Fifteen service members (14 men, one woman), including seven officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, represented Ukraine at the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney on October 20-27, 2018. Ukraine won seven gold, 10 silver and three bronze medals. Last year, Ukraine – at its first appearance at the Games – was represented by 15 veterans, and won 14 medals in six disciplines, including eight gold medals. This year, 18 countries competed. Serhiy Lichytsky and Oleksandr Belobokov won gold medals on rowing simulators, and Oleksandr Havrylenko won gold in powerlifting. Ukraine’s swimmers, Volodymyr Korol, Bohdan Oksentiuk and Viktor Shynkaruk, won four silver and two bronze medals. Yuriy Dmytrenko won silvers in the men’s discus throw (36.65 meters) and in shot put, and Oleksandr Zozuliak won silver in archery. Yevhen Oleksenko won silver in the men’s powerlifting. Denys Fishchuk won bronze in cycling.

Triathlon

• Yuliya Yelistratova took gold at the Triathlon World Cup in Salinas, Ecuador, on October 20, 2018, winning the race in 58 minutes and 19 seconds.

Gymnastics

• Oleg Verniaev won silver in parallel bars (15.591 points) at the 48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, on October 25 through November 3, 2018.

Swimming

• Mykhailo Romanchuk won gold in the men’s 1,500-meter freestyle race (14:09.14 seconds) at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25-meter pool) in Hanzhou, China, on December 11-16, 2018. Romanchuk’s time set a championship record.

• Mykhailo Romanchuk won gold in the men’s 1,500-meter freestyle race (14:27.93 seconds) and bronze in the men’s 400-meter freestyle (3:42.63 seconds) at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Tokyo on November 9-11, 2018. 

• Maykhailo Romanchuk won gold (14:29.88 seconds) and Sergii Frolov won bronze (14:38.0 seconds) in the men’s 1,500-meter freestyle at the 2018 FINA World Cup in Beijing, China, on November 2-4, 2018. Romanchuk won silver in the men’s 400-meter freestyle (3:43.32 seconds). 

Wrestling

• Ukraine won eight gold medals at the U23 World Championship on November 17-18, 2018, in Bucharest, Romania. Semen Novikov (87 kg) won gold in Greco-Roman wrestling, and Oleksandr Hrushyn (63 kg) won bronze. In men’s freestyle, Taras Markovych (57 kg) and Bohdan Hrytsai (92 kg) won bronze medals. Ukraine’s women’s team won the most medals – silver medalist Ilona Prokopevniuk (62 kg) and bronze medalists Olena Kremzer (59 kg), Chrystyna Bereza (53 kg) and Iryna Koliadenko (65 kg).

• Ukraine won one gold, one silver and three bronze at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships on October 20-28, 2018, in Budapest, Hungary. In team ranking, Ukraine’s women’s team ranked sixth and the men’s team ranked in 10th place. Zhan Beleniuk (87 kg) won silver and Lenur Temirov (63 kg) won bronze in the men’s Greco-Roman. Alla Cherkasova (68 kg) won gold, and Oksana Lyvach (50 kg) and Yuliya Tkach (62 kg) won bronze in the women’s freestyle. 

Martial arts

• Ukraine cadet sambo fighters won 15 medals at the World Sambo Championship on December 4-5, 2018, in Novi Sad, Serbia. The event attracted 200 athletes from 29 countries. Ukraine’s boys’ team finished in second place. Serhiy Nebotov (66 kg) won the world championship title in his weight division, and silver medalists included Yaryna Fedorchenko (38 kg), Snishana Plish (42 kg). Olha Drig (60 kg), Maksym Kasnacheyev (42 kg), Mykola Shramko (50 kg), Kateryna Hryhorenko (41 kg), Valeria Biriuchenko (65 kg) and Oleksandr Buchok (+84 kg). Bronze medalists were Anastasiya Sykish (44 kg), Oleksii Sedlov (72 kg), Davyd Allakhverdiev (84 kg). Sophia Bordinskykh (48 kg), Anna Okhrimenko (56 kg) and Denys Kyzymenko (78 kg). 

• Ukraine won 11 medals and finished in second place in the medals standings at the World Sambo Championship in Bucharest, Romania, on November 8-11, 2018. Gold medalists included Vladyslav Rudnyev (74 kg) and Anatoliy Voloshynov (100 kg). Silver medalists included Oleksandr Voropayev (57 kg), Anastasiya Shevchenko (60 kg), Andriy Kucherenko (62 kg) and Olena Sayko (64 kg). Bronze medal winners were Nataliya Smal (72 kg), Halyna Kovalska (80 kg), Razmik Tonoyan (+100 kg), Anastasiya Sapsai (+80 kg) and Dmytro Yevdoshenko (62 kg).

• Valeriy Chobotar (84 kg) won silver in the “kumite” division at the world Karate Championships in Spain on November 5-11, 2018. 

• Ukraine won three medals at the European Tae Kwon Do Championship in Warsaw on November 8-11, 2018. Vasyl Kotiash (54 kg) won gold, Taras Malchenko (54 kg) and Mykyta Turhan (+87 kg) won bronze medals.

Powerlifting

• Dmytro Chumak (102 kg) won silver in the overall lift with 393 kg at the World Powerlifting Championships in Ashgebat, Turkmenistan, on November 1-10, 2018. In the snatch, he lifted 176 kg for bronze and in the clean-and-jerk he lifted 217 kg for silver.

• Ukraine won 22 gold, 23 silver and 24 bronze medals at the European Classic Open Junior Powerlifting Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, on November 24 through December 2, 2018. Anatolii Novopismennyi (93 kg) was named “Best Lifter of the Open” in the adult category based on three disciplines – squat, bench press and deadlift. In the sub-junior division, Kristina Lieonienko (43 kg), Alina Tsikul (57 kg) and Anton Biruk (93 kg) won gold junior European titles. Tetiana Shchavinska (27 kg), Viktoria Druziaka (52 kg), Sophia Rud (63 kg) and Rostyslav Zherebtsov (59 kg) won gold medals in the junior division. Ukraine’s sub-junior men’s team finished in third place in the points standings with 1,916.70 points. Ukraine’s men’s team finished in first place with 2,404.11 points. Pavlo Nakonechenyy won silver in the junior division of the “best lifters” of the tournament. Ukraine’s women’s sub-juniors team finished in third place (1,794.47 points) and the women’s junior team won first place (2,118.25 points). 

• Larysa Soloviova (63 kg) won gold after individual lifts of 237.5 kg, 180.5 kg and 225 kg for a total of 643 kg at the World Powerlifting Championships in Hamilshtadt, Switzerland, on November 5, 2018. Andriy Naiyev (83 kg) won bronze with 340 kg total (272.5 kg snatch, 307.5 kg clean and jerk). Volodymyr Rysiev (93 kg) won silver in the snatch with 285 kg, and set a new European record with 390 kg total and a gold medal lift of 350 kg in the clean and jerk. He set a trifecta record of 1,025 kg. Mykola Barannik (83 kg) won silver with a total lift of 910 kg. Tetiana Shlopko (52 kg) and Vladislav Chorniy (74 kg) won bronze medals.

Chess

• Mariya Muzychuk, won bronze at the World Chess Championship in Khanty-Masiysk, Russia, on November 17, 2018. Muzychuk was eliminated in the semifinal round but qualified for the 2019 Candidates Tournament.

French boxing (savate)

• Olena Gurieva won silver in the women’s 48 kg combat final at the European Savate Championships on December 8-10, 2018, in La Motte Servolex, France. The competition attracted athletes from 14 countries. Andrii Plokhikh (85 kg) won bronze.

• Anastasiya Konovalchuk (52 kg) won bronze in the assault category at the world savate championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on October 17-21, 2018. 

Shooting

• Ukraine’s paralympic air pistol shooting team won 13 medals (four gold, five silver and four bronze) at the European Air Pistol Shooting Championship in Belgrade, Serbia, on December 1-7, 2018. The competition attracted more than 120 athletes from 27 countries.

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