June 5, 2015

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Soccer

• Ukraine’s under-20 National Team is in second place in Group A after winning 6-0 against Myanmar on June 2 at the U-20 FIFA World Cup in Whangarei, N.Z. Ukraine scored all six goals during the second half within the span of 20 minutes (Roman Yaremchuk – 51st minute; Valerii Luchkevych – 54th; Viktor Kovalenko – 57th, 77th; Eduard Sobol – 68th; and Artem Biesiedin – 71st).  Ukraine tied 0-0 with New Zealand on May 30 at Northland Events Center in Auckland. The other team in Group A, the U.S.A., plays Ukraine on June 5 in Auckland.

• Crimean soccer officials reported that UEFA, the European soccer governing body, approved the creation of a new league on the annexed territory. Georgii A. Ilyakov, a representative of the Crimean soccer association said an eight-team league is proposed under UEFA. UEFA has not admitted to giving approval, but the principle of the plan was supported as a “special zone.”

Chess

• Maria Muzychuk, 22, of Stryi, Ukraine, won the world chess championship in Sochi, Russia, on April 5.  In the final, Muzychuk played against Natalia Pogonina of Russia to a draw after scoring 2.5:1.5. With the win at the 2015 Women’s World Chess Championship, Muzychuk was granted the title of Grandmaster with a FIDE score of 2528.  She also qualifies for the Chess World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, on September 10-October 4.

• Ukraine’s team finished in second place with 21 points after nine matches at the World Team Championship on April 18-29 in Tsaghadzor, Armenia. Ukraine won five matches, tied two and lost two. Ukraine’s team of Grandmasters included Ruslan Ponomariov, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Pavel Eljanov, Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Alexander Moiseenko.

• Ukraine’s women’s team finished in fifth place at the World Women’s Team Chess Championship on April 18-29 in Chegdu, China. After nine matches, Ukraine’s women (Anna Muzychuk, Mariya Muzychuk, Anna Ushenina, Natalia Zhukova, Inna Gaponenko and captain Michail Brodsky) finished with 20 points, with four wins, two draws and two three losses.

• Valery Neverov was awarded a trophy for best seniors (with points above 6.5) at the European Chess Championship in Jerusalem, Israel, on February 23-March 8.

Kickboxing

• Sergei Lascenko, 27, was shot and killed in Odesa on April 8. Lascenko competed internationally since 2009, his most recent fight being in October 2014 with a win at the KOK Heavyweight tournament title. He had a career record of 33 wins, 14 loss, and 15 KO. The minister of internal affairs of the Odesa Oblast said Lascenko died of multiple gun shots that cut his carotid artery, and was pronounced dead on April 8 at Odesa Jewish Hospital. The shooting was reported to be the result of a quarrel on Deribasovska Street in Odesa between local citizens and a group of eight from the Caucusus. Lascenko is survived by his wife and their 18-month old child.

Mixed martial arts

• Straweight (115 pounds) Maryna “The Iron Woman” Moroz (6-0, 1 KO in the MMA, 1-0 UFC) won with a first-round armbar submission against previously undefeated Joanne Calderwood (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) of Scotland on April 11 at UFC Fight Night 64 in Krakow Arena in Krakow, Poland.  The 23-year-old, five-foot-seven Ukrainian hails from Dnipropetrovsk and fights under YK Promotion. Since beginning her professional career with a fight in November 2013, which she won by second-round submission, all of her other fights have been won in the first round, with one TKO win after a doctor stopped the fight.  After her latest win Moroz is ranked ninth by the UFC in her weight class, and she has challenged the champion in her division, Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Moroz has a sports science degree, is an experienced boxing coach for the Olympic reserve team and was a member of the Ukrainian National Boxing Team, earning a Master of Sport in Boxing and Master of Sport in Kickboxing.

Judo

• Georgii Zantaraia (66 kg) won against Dzmitry Shershan of Belarus at the World Masters judo competition in Rabat, Morocco, on May 23-24. Svitlana Iaromka (+78 kg) lost to Kanae Yamabe of Japan in the semifinal and finished in fifth place. Maryna Cherniak (48 kg) lost to Paula Pareto of Argentina in the semifinal and finished in fifth place.

• Svitlana Iaromka (+78 kg) won gold at the Judo Grand Slam in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 8-10. In the final, Iaromka won against Stana Pakenyte of Lithuania.

• Iakiv Khammo (+100 kg) and Georgii Zantaraia (66 kg) won gold medals in their respective weight divisions at the International Judo Federation Grand Prix in Zagreb, Croatia, on May 1-3. In the final, Khammo defeated Vladut Simonescu of Romania and Zantaraia defeated Sebastian Seidl of Germany. Victoriia Turks won silver in the women’s 78-kg division after losing to Anamari Velensek of Slovenia in the final.

• At the Grand Prix in Samsan, Turkey, on March 27-29, Victoriia Turks tied with Luise Malzahn of Germany for bronze in the women’s 78-kg division.

• Maryna Cherniak (48 kg) won gold at the Judo Grand Prix in Tbilisi, Georgia, on March 20-22, after defeating Julia Figueroa of Spain in the final. Svitlana Iaromka (+78 kg) won silver, Oleksandr Gordiienko tied for third place with Aslan Kambiev of Russia in the +100-kg division, and Georgii Zantaraia tied with Tarlan Karimov of Azerbaijan (66 kg) for third place.

Rhythmic gymnastics

• Ganna Rizatdinova won silver in the clubs discipline (18.4 points) and finished in fourth place in ball at the 31st European Championships at the Multi-Sport Complex Minsk Arena in Minsk, Belarus, on May 1-3. Rizatdinova, Viktoriia Mazur and Eleonora Romanova won bronze in the team competition with 139.798 points.

Fencing

• Olga Kharlan won first place at the Moscow saber Grand Prix on May 29-31 in Moscow. In the final, Kharlan defeated Yana Egorian of Russia 15-10.

• Olga Kharlan finished in third place in saber at the World Cup of Fencing in Beijing, China, on May 1. In the semifinal, Kharlan lost 7-15 against tournament champion Sofya Velikaya of Russia. Ukraine’s women’s saber team (Kharlan, Alina Komaschuk, Olha Zhovnir and Olena Kravatska) lost to France 40-45 in the final of the World Cup of Fencing in Beijing on May 3. In the semifinal, Ukraine won 45-27 against the U.S.A., finishing in second place with 52 points.

• In the men’s SNCF Resau Challenge in Paris on May 3, Ukraine’s men’s saber team finished in eighth place. In the seventh-place match, Ukraine lost to Venezuela 45-42.

• Ukraine’s men’s saber team finished in 12th place after losing to Belarus 45-44 at World Cup of Fencing in Madrid on May 3. Ukraine won 45-41 against Mexico in the lead-up match and lost to the U.S.A. 45-41 in the run for ninth place.

• Ukraine’s men’s foil team finished in 10th place at the World Cup of Fencing in Taubebischofsheim, Germany, on May 3. In the ninth-place match, Ukraine lost to Canada 36-45. In the lead-up, Ukraine won 45-27 against Hungary and won 31-30 against Japan.

• Yana Shemyakina finished in eighth place in epee at the World Cup of Fencing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 1. Shemyakina lost to Injeong Choi of Korea 12-15 in the quarterfinal. In team epee competition, Ukraine won fifth place, after winning 38-32 against the U.S.A. In the lead-up, Ukraine defeated Russia 45-43.

• Yulia Svystil finished in fourth place in junior women’s epee at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Junior World Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on April 5-7. In the quarterfinal match, Svystil won 15-13 against Victoria Kezemenkova of Russia, and in the semifinal, Svystil lost 8-15 against this year’s tournament champion, Coraline Vitalis of France. In junior men’s saber, Kostiantyn Voronov lost 13-15 in the Round of 16 by Francesco Bonsanto of Italy, and Bogdan Platonov lost 14-15 against Blaint Kossuth of Hungary in the Round of 32. In junior women’s saber, Mariya Tsymbota lost in the Round of 64, and Dinana Zalevska did not advance past the Round of 32. In junior men’s epee, Yan Sych lost in the Round of 16 against Harrison Nichols of Great Britain 9-15. Volodymyr Stankevych, also in junior men’s epee, lost 11-15 against Yulen Pereira of Spain in the Round of 32.

• Alla Gryschyk lost in the semifinal 11-15 against Kinga Nagy of Hungary in the women’s cadet epee event at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Cadet World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on April 1-3. In the quarterfinal, Gryschyk won 15-13 against Kim Treudt-Goesser of Germany. Darja Varfolomeyeva of Ukraine lost to Laura Fekete of Hungary 13-15 in the round of 64. Yevgeniy Gorbachuk lost in the quarterfinal match in men’s cadet epee against Bence Bende of Hungary 8-15. Gorbachuk won 15-11 in the Round of 16 against Charles Horowitz of the U.S.A. In men’s cadet saber, Yevgen Tryfonov lost 5-15 in the quarterfinal match against Alberto Aprino of Italy.

• Olga Kharlan won first place in the women’s saber event after defeating Ibtihaj Muhmmad of the U.S.A. 15-9 in the final at the fencing Grand Prix in Seoul, South Korea, on March 28. Kharlan won 15-11 against Sofya Velikaya of Russia in the semifinal, won 15-5 in the quarterfinal against Anna Marton of Hungary and won 15-6 against Galyna Pundyk of Ukraine in the Round of 16. Pundyk won 15-12 agianst Lucrezia Sinigalia of Italy in the Round of 64 and won 15-13 against Irene Vecchi of Italy in the Round of 32. Andriy Yagodka was eliminated in the Round of 16 after he lost 12-15 aginast Alexey Yakimenko of Russia. Yagodka won 15-9 against Luigi Miracco of Italy in the Round of 64 and won 15-6 against Junmo Sung of South Korea in the Round of 32.

Canoe/kayak

• Ukraine’s canoe and kayak team won six medals at the European Canoe Association Championships in Racice, Czech Republic, on May 1-3. Pavlo Altukhov won bronze in men’s 1,000-meter canoe sprint, Ukraine’s women’s kayak team (Naruaa Kichasova, Anastasiia Todorova, Mariya Povkh and Inna Hryshchun) won silver in the women’s 500-meters race; Dmytro Ianchuk and Taras Mishchuk won gold in the men’s 1,000-meter canoe sprint; and Ukraine’s men’s canoe team (Denys Kovalenko, Ianchuk, Elnyr Akhadov and Eduard Shemetylo) won bronze in the 1,000-meters. Pavlo Altukhov won bronze in the men’s 500-meter canoe sprint, and Ianchuk and Mishchuk won silver in the men’s 500-meter canoe sprint. The competition attracted 650 competitors from across Europe.

Rowing

• Ukraine finished in second place (5:46.260 seconds) in men’s quadruple sculls at the European Rowing Championship on May 29-31 in Poznan, Poland. The team of Dmytro Mikhay, Artem Morozov, Olexandr Nadtoka and Ivan Dovgodko also holds the world record time at the 2014 event with 5:32.260 seconds. Ukraine’s Sergii Gryn and Ivan Futryk won third place in the men’s double scull pairs race, finishing in 6:15.800 seconds.

Taekwondo

• Ukraine’s Iryna Romoldanova (46 kg) won 5-0 in the semifinal against Kyriaki Kouttouki of Cyrpus at the 2015 World Taekwondo Champiosnhips in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on May 12-18.

• Mykola Nabyt and Anton Shvets won second and third place, respectively, in the senior males 75-kg division at the European Para-Taekwondo Championships in Chisinau, Moldova, on April 17-21. Viktoria Marchuk won third place in the women’s 49-kg division. In the female team rankings, Ukraine finished in sixth place with France, and the male senior team also finished in sixth place. Combined (men and women), Ukraine finished in fifth place.

• The Ukraine Open Cup 2015 tournament was held in Dniprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine, on April 10-12. In the 63 kg division, Mykola Bilyi won first place, with Vyacheslav Storchak and Dmytro Govorun tied for third place; in the 68 kg division, Hryorii Husarov tied with Diogo Silva of Brazil for third place; in the 74 kg division, Artem Marchenko won first place and Iurii Savenko tied with Roman Zaitev of Moldova for third place; in the 87 kg division, Vadym Bielkin won second place, and Giorgiy Zibzibadze tied with Talha Muhammet Sari of Turkey for third place. In the women’s competition, Darya Yakovleva (62 kg) won second place; Maryna Konieva (+73 kg) won second place, while Alyona Burchak tied with Asma Ayse of Turkey for third place. In the junior male category, Maksym Nosulya (59 kg) won 14-0 against Danylo Solodkyi; Bogdan Dotsenko (63 kg) won 3-2 in the final against Nichita Ursu of Moldova, and Denys Neroda and Oleksandr Scherbyna tied for third place; Kostiantyn Kostenevich (68 kg) won 17-5 in the final against Dmytro Ryabinin, and Nikita Suhachov and Illya Kulyk tied for third place; and Andrei Garbar (-78 kg) won 5-3 against Alexandr Lupu of Moldova. In junior women’s, Lyubava Ilchyk won 97 against Direk Ilayda of Turkey, and Anastasiya Dymshakova and Anastasia Zaremba tied for third place. In male cadets, Bogdan Tykhonov (37 kg) won 7-1 against Rodion Radionov, and Dmytro Mindov tied with Oleg Mamatov for third place; Maksym Piachynta (41  kg) won 7-3 against Yevgeniy Kurcherenko, and Viacheslav Roletrskyi tied with Mykyta Zhuplyov for third place; Vlas Chesha (49 kg) won 3-0 against Oleksiy Gorovetskyy, and Vitalii Mukha tied with Vladyslav Petrov for third place; Dmytro Meschuk (53 kg) won 1-0 against Oleksandr Stolanov, and Andriy Chertkov tied with Mykyta Adamchuk for third place; and Vladyslav Yerko (61 kg) won first place and Danylo Tretyak won second place. In female cadets, Darya Riabtseva (33 kg) won 3-2 against Karina Klivak; and Tetyana Dykina (47 kg) won 14-1 against Felicia Kartal of Sweden.

Karate

• Oleksander Yeremenko of Kherson won for a fifth title in the 90 kg division at the 29th Kyokushin Karate European Championship on May 9 in Berlin. Eldar Ismailov (under-90 kg) won a third title at the competition. Mykyta Peshenko and Tatian Nemtseva also won medals.

Tennis

• Elina Svitolina lost against Anna Ivanovic of Serbia (3-6, 2-6) in the quarterfinals of the French Open that runs May 19 through June 7. In the fourth round, Svitolina defeated Alize Cornet of France (6-2, 7-6, 11-9)).  Sergiy Stakhovksy lost in the second round against Steve Johnson (6-2, 3-6, 6-7, 6-7) of the U.S.A.

• Elina Svitolina was knocked out of the WTA tournament in Rome on May 11 during the second round against Venus Williams of the U.S.A. 6-4, 6-3. Svitolina also lost in the second round in Madrid on May 2 against Anna Ivanovic of Serbia 6-3, 6-4. Svitolina won the WTA tournament in Marrakech, Morocco, on April 27, wining the final 7-5, 7-6(3) against Timea Babos of Hungary. Svitolina lost in the semifinal at the WTA tournament in Bogota, Columbia, on April 13 against Teliana Pereira of Brazil 7-6(7), 6-3.

• Lesia Tsurenko, ranked 64th by the WTA, lost on May 17 in Strasbourg, France, in the second round against Samantha Stosur of Austria in a walkover. In Rome, on May 11, Tsurenko lost in the second qualifying round against Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. In Madrid, on May 2, Tsurenko lost in the first qualifying round against Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands 7-5, 6-2.

• Sergiy Stakhovsky, ranked 54th by the ATP, lost to Alexander Dolgopolov, ranked 60th in men’s singles by the ATP, and was eliminated in the first round during the outdoor clay tournament in Nice, France, on May 17. Dolgopolov lost to Ernestes Gulbis of Latvia (5-7, 6-4, 1-6) in the second round. Stakhovsky lost to Jonathan Eysseric of France (6-7 (7), 0-6) at the outdoor tournament in Bordeaux, France, on May 11. At the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Rome on May 10, Dolgopolov lost to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain (4-6, 3.6). Stakhovsky lost in the first qualifying round at the ATP World Masters 1000 stop in Madrid on May 3 against Alejandro Falla of Columbia (3-6, 2-6). Stakhovsky also was eliminated from the second round against Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic (5-7, 2-6) at the outdoor tournament in Munich, Germany, on April 27. Dolgopolov lost in the second round at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo on April 12, losing to Gael Monflis of France 6-7(5), 6-7(6). At other stops on the World Tour Masters, Dolgopolov lost in the fourth round in Miami on March 25, to Novak Djokovic of Serbia 7-6 (3), 5-7, 0-6; and in Indian Wells on March 12 lost in the third round against Milos Raonic of Canada 6-7(2), 4-6.

• Elina Svitolina (21st ranked by WTA) and Alexandr Dolgopolov (69th ranked by ATP) played at the Indian Welles tournament on March 7-20. Dolgopolov was eliminated in the third round by Milos Raonic of Canada 6-7(2), 4-6, while Svitolina was eliminated in the fourth round by Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. Sergiy Stakhovsky lost in the second round against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 1-6, 4-6. Lesia Tsurenko retired in the quarterfinal round against Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-1, 4-1.

• Dmytro Badanov, 27, won in men’s singles in the future category at the international tournament in Sarm el-Sheikh. In the final, Badanov, who is ranked 526th in the world, defeated X from Serbia.

Wrestling

• Andriy Sveryd (61 kg) won silver at the Freestyle Wrestling European Championship (under-23) in Walbrzych, Poland. In the final Sveryd lost to Armenia. Ivan Kusik, (70 kg) also won silver.

Wu Shu

• Victor Mihalchan won three gold medals and one silver at the Chinese Martial Arts Tournament 2015 held in San Francisco.  Representing his PN Martial Arts Academy in the U.S.A., his two students also won gold and silver medals. Mihalchan won the top spot in the overall competition.

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