Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics
| Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics |
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| IOC code | UKR | ||||||||
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Ukraine | ||||||||
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| in Sochi | |||||||||
| Competitors | 45 in 9 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Valentina Shevchenko (opening) Vita Semerenko (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 20th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
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 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Austria (1896-1912) Hungary (1896–1912) Czechoslovakia (1920–1936) Poland (1924–1936) Romania (1924–1936) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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Ukraine competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine sent a total of 45 athletes. The women's relay victory gave Ukraine its second Winter Games gold medal ever. The first was won by Oksana Baiul at the 1994 Winter Olympics. On 22 February, cross-country skier Marina Lisogor was excluded from the Olympics after testing positive for trimetazidine.
Ukraine qualified 2 berths, one male and one female.
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Ukraine qualified 5 men and 6 women.
Ukraine qualified 7 berths.
According to press reports Lisogor and Serdyuk had refused to start because they had been denied to wear black arm bands to honor those killed in the violent clashes Ukrainian's capital Kiev the previous day. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine claimed Serdyuk was injured.
Ukraine has achieved the following quota places:
Ukraine qualified 7 berths, three male and four female (all aerial).
Ukraine has qualified a total of six athletes and a spot in the team relay.
Ukraine qualified one male athlete.
Ukraine qualified 1 woman in the 1000 m for the Olympics during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013.
Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
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