Ukraine at the 2025 World Games

Ukraine at the
2025 World Games
IOC codeUKR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Ukraine
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors60 (33 men and 27 women) in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
16
Silver
14
Bronze
14
Total
44
World Games appearances (overview)

Ukraine competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.[1] Ukraine ranked third in the medal tally (behind China and Germany) with 16 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 14 bronze medals.

Competitors

Ukrainians did not compete in air sports, archery, beach handball, beach and indoor korfball, billiard sports, boules sports, canoe polo, disc golf, duathlon, fistball, flag football, floorball, inline hockey, lacrosse, lifesaving, parkour, powerboating, racquetball, roller sports, softball, tug of war. The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Acrobatic gymnastics 7 6 13
Aerobic gymnastics 1 1 2
Canoe marathon 1 0 1
Cheerleading 2 2
Dancesport 3 4 7
Dragon boat 6 6 12
Finswimming 5 7 12
Freediving 0 1 1
Ju-jitsu 2 0 2
Karate 3 1 4
Kickboxing 2 2 4
Muaythai 2 1 3
Orienteering 1 1 2
Sambo 5 2 7
Sport climbing 4 0 4
Squash 1 1 2
Trampoline gymnastics 3 1 4
Wakeboarding 1 1 2
Wushu 1 1 2
Total 48 38 88

Medalists

Acrobatic gymnastics

Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. The team was the biggest one at the Games, competed in all events and became the most successful one, as well. Push, Yarush, Kukurudz, and Savka won their second consecutive medal. It were third Games for Push, Yarush, and Kukurudz.

Athletes Event Qualification Final
Balance exercise Dynamic exercise Total Final exercise
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Sofronii Davydenko
Ivan Horlach
Men's pairs 26.660 6 24.580 6 51.240 6 Did not advance
Yurii Push
Taras Yarush
Stanislav Kukurudz
Yuriy Savka
Men's groups 28.640 2 28.120 3 56.760 3 Q 28.860 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Anhelina Cherniavska
Ruzanna Vecheruk
Women's pairs 27.600 2 27.760 1 55.360 2 Q 28.270 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Elina Kozachanska
Karina Ostrovska
Alina Puhach
Women's group 26.480 5 27.550 4 54.030 5 r Did not advance
Yevfrosyniia Kryvytska
Ivan Labunets
Mixed pairs 29.340 1 29.380 1 57.720 1 Q 29.110 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Aerobic gymnastics

Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships. Ukraine won its first ever medal in aerobics.

Kurashvili and Halaida competed at the 2022 Games, although in another event.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Anastasiia Kurashvili
Stanislav Halaida
Pairs 18.900 4 Q 18.900 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Canoe marathon

Canoe marathon
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Maksym Redko Men's short distance 15:27.68 8 Did not advance
Men's long distance 1:42:00.69 14

Cheerleading

Athlete Event Semifinal round 1 Semifinal round 2 Semifinal total Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Anastasiia Maloshenko
Yelyzaveta Tymofieieva
Mixed pom 83.210 5 83.360 5 83.300 5 Q 84.140 5

Dancesport

Standard
Athletes Event First round Semi-finals Finals
Waltz Tango Viennese Waltz Slow Foxtrot Quickstep Total points Rank Waltz Tango Viennese Waltz Slow Foxtrot Quickstep Total points Rank Waltz Tango Viennese Waltz Slow Foxtrot Quickstep Total points Rank
Anna Lubianetska
Emanuele Cannistraro
Standard 34.00 34.17 34.08 34.33 33.92 170.50 13 Q 34.00 34.00 33.67 33.83 33.58 169.08 14 Did not advance
Veronika Myshko
Earle Williamson
32.75 32.58 32.55 32.58 32.92 163.39 21 Did not advance
Breaking
Athlete Nickname Event Round robin Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Oleg Kuznietsov Kuzya B-Boys  Lithe-Ing (CHN)
L 0–2
 Cis (BEL)
W 2–0
 Xak (ESP)
W 2–0
2 Q  Issin (JPN)
L 0–2
Did not advance
Kateryna Pavlenko Kate B-Girls  Mini Japa (BRA)
W 2–0
 Ayumi (JPN)
T 1–1
 Anti (ITA)
L 0–2
3 Did not advance
Anna Ponomarenko Stefani  Alessandrina (ITA)
W 2–0
 India (NED)
L 0–2
 Syssy (FRA)
L 0–2
3 Did not advance

Dragon boat

Ukraine have qualified a berth in the 2025 World Games through its performance in the mixed 10-seater races at the 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships. Ukraine had participated in both previous events (2005 and 2009). This time, the Ukrainian team won its first medals in the sport and became second most successful team at the Games behind Indonesia.

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Olesia Matviienko
Yurii Bardashevskyi
Serhii Semeniuk
Oleksandr Kalmus
Danylo Kukharuk
Mykola Verkhovetskyi
Olha Buraho
Viktor Svyrydiuk
Kateryna Petrenko
Olena Skvortsova
Open 8-seater 200 metres 1:10.78 4 q SF 49.20 2 Q 47.39 5
Open 8-seater 500 metres 2:07.76 2 Q F Bye 2:05.53 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Open 8-seater 2000 metres 9:28.25 4
Olesia Matviienko
Yurii Bardashevskyi
Serhii Semeniuk
Oleksandr Kalmus
Danylo Kukharuk
Mykola Verkhovetskyi
Olha Buraho
Viktor Svyrydiuk
Kateryna Petrenko
Olena Skvortsova
Anastasiia Mazurenko
Snizhana Zhyhailo
Mixed 10-seater 200 metres 49.98 2 Q F Bye 48.85 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed 10-seater 500 metres 2:08.32 2 Q F Bye 2:07.02 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mixed 10-seater 2000 metres 9:19.87 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Finswimming

Ukraine was the biggest team at the Games and became most successful in terms of number of medals, finishing 3rd in the medal tally.

Sofiia Hrechko defended her title in 200 m surface from 2022. Smishchenko, Zakharov, Uvarova, Hrechko, Makarenko, Tymoshenko competed at their second Games.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Artur Artamonov Men's 50 m bi-fins 18.83 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 100 m bi-fins 42.10 8
Oleksii Zakharov Men's 200 m surface 1:22.95 7
Men's 400 m surface 2:57.03 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Serhii Smishchenko
Oleksandr Kuzmenko
Davyd Yelisieiev
Oleksii Zakharov
Men's 4 × 50 metre surface relay 1:00.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 100 metre surface relay 2:18.73 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Viktoriia Uvarova Women's 50 m apnoea 16.57 6
Women's 100 m surface 39.64 4
Women's 200 m surface 1:34.00 7
Sofiia Hrechko Women's 200 metre surface 1:27.90 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's 400 m surface 3:11.88 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anna Yakovleva Women's 400 m surface 3:12.27 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sofiya Lamakh Women's 100 m bi-fins 47.87 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yevheniia Tymoshenko Women's 100 m bi-fins 48.23 6
Anastasiia Makarenko Women's 100 m surface 39.14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yelyzaveta Hrechykhina
Sofiia Hrechko
Viktoriia Uvarova
Anastasiia Makarenko
Women's 4 × 50 metre surface relay 1:10.06 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's 4 × 100 metre surface relay 2:36.82 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Freediving

Ukraine qualified one athlete.

Athlete Event Meters Rank
Kateryna Sadurska Women's Dynamic no Fins DSQ
Women's Dynamic with Fins 209.0 9

Ju-jitsu

Bohdan Mochulskyi won his third gold medal in his third appearance at the Games.

Men
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinals Final/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Bohdan Mochulskyi 62 kg  al-Gharrawi (IRQ)
W 50–0 DSQ
 Kanatbek (KAZ)
W 16–7
1 Q  Viviescas (COL)
W 13–11
 van der Veer (NED)
W 17–12
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kostiantyn Shutko 69 kg ne-waza  Batyrbekov (KAZ)
L 2–4
 Bayili (BEL)
L 0–2
3 Did not advance

Karate

Zaplitnyi, Chobotar, and Terliuga qualified as medallists of the 2023 World Karate Championships, while Talibov qualified through the ranking. Terliuga competed at her second Games and won her second medal. Talibov competed at his second Games (in 2022, he finished 4th).

In the semifinal, China's Wei was declared winner with score 9–1. However, the Ukrainian team filed a protest, claiming that Wei had violated the line at some point during the bout.[3] This protest was upheld, and Terliuga subsequently won the semifinal.

Men
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinals Final/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Andrii Zaplitnyi 75 kg  Sakiyama (JPN)
L 0–1
 Berthon (FRA)
W 1–0
 Xu (CHN)
L 0–2
4 Did not advance
Valerii Chobotar 84 kg  Shimada (JPN)
L 0–3
 Gasparian (AIN)
W 4–0
 Duan (CHN)
L 6–12
3 Did not advance
Ryzvan Talibov +84 kg  Timmermans (ARU)
W 6–2
 Filali (FRA)
W 5–3
 Kvesić (CRO)
W 3–0
1 Q  Abazari (IRI)
W 4–0
 Kvesić (CRO)
W 4–0
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinals Final/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Anzhelika Terliuga 55 kg  Yakan (TUR)
W 0–0 KI
 Toro (CHI)
L 0–5
No other competitor 2 Q  Wei (CHN)
W 4–3
 Bitsch (GER)
L 1–3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Kickboxing

Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 European Championships. Ukrainians competed in K1 style only. The team finished 2nd in the medal tally behind Israel but became the most successful in terms of number of medals. Shcherbatiuk, Ivanova, and Martyniuk won their second consecutive medal at the World Games.

Men
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Hlib Mazur 63.5 kg  Mestrinier (BRA)
W 1–1 KO
 Kongtook (THA)
W 2–1
 Guliyev (AZE)
W 3–0
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Roman Shcherbatiuk +91 kg  Abdelhady Abdelsalam (EGY)
W 3–0
 Coulibaly (FRA)
W 3–0
 Ozer (TUR)
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Daryna Ivanova 52 kg  Geng (CHN)
W 3–0
 Sachkov (ISR)
L 0–3
 Azizoglu (TUR)
W 3–0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alina Martyniuk 60 kg  Xu (CHN)
W 3–0
 Bickel (NED)
L 0–3
 Ndapataka (INA)
W 3–0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Muaythai

Together with Turkey and United States, Ukrainian team was second largest team behind host China. Oleksandr Yefimenko took part in the Games for the second time.

Men
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dmytro Shelesko 57 kg  Mosawi (AFG)
W 29–28
 Nguyễn Trần (VIE)
W 29–28
 Gordon (ISR)
W 30–287
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Oleksandr Yefimenko 71 kg  Zahidi (MAR)
W 29–28
 Franzosi (ITA)
L RSCB
 Spéth (HUN)
L 28–29
4
Women
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Anastasiia Mykhailenko 48 kg  Abubakar (PHI)
L 27–30
Did not advance

Orienteering

Ukraine did not compete in the mixed relay. Olena Babych competed at her second consecutive Games.

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Illia Otreshko Sprint 17:35 23
Middle distance 1:05:45 22
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Olena Babych Sprint 20:49 34
Middle distance 55:14 16

Powerlifting

Classic
Athlete Event Exercises Total weight Total points Rank
Squat Bench
press
Deadlift
Anatolii Novopysmennyi Men's heavyweight 362.5 230.0 345.0 937.5 119.41 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Taras Melnychuk Men's super heavyweight 347.5 230.0 355.0 932.5 109.79 4
Equipped
Athlete Event Exercises Total weight Total points Rank
Squat Bench
press
Deadlift
Oleksii Bychkov Men's Super heavyweight 400.0 340.0 370.0 1110.0 107.41 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Andrii Shevchenko Men's Super heavyweight 460.0 350.0 370.0 1180.0 103.97 5 GR
Musiienko Kostiantyn Men's heavyweight 390.0 330.0 320.0 1040.0 113.19 1st place, gold medalist(s) GR
Volodymyr Rysiev Men's heavyweight 387.5 315.0 327.5 1030.0 110.63 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vitalii Kolomiiets Men's middleweight 360.0 255.0 310.0 925.0 107.36 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mykola Barannik Men's middleweight 345.0 260.0 302.5 907.5 105.39 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tetianna Bila Women's lightweight 207.5 130.0 175.0 512.5 107.77 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Anastasiia Derevianko Women's lightweight 205.0 127.5 180.0 512.5 105.45 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Larysa Soloviova Women's middleweight 235.0 170.0 217.5 622.5 112.72 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Daria Rusanenko Women's Super Heavyweight 285.5 WR 167.5 217.5 670.5 108.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Valentyna Zahoruiko Women's Super Heavyweight 280.0 170.0 230.0 680.0 100.48 5

Sambo

Ukraine was the fourth largest team in the sport and one of the two that qualified athletes in all men's categories. Ukraine won its first World Games medals in the sport. The team topped the medal tally.

Men
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Oleksandr Voropaiev 64 kg  Nersesyan (ARM)
W 1–0
 Khabibulaev (AIN)
L 0–4
 Barakanov (KGZ)
W 0–0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Andrii Kucherenko 71 kg  Župarić (SRB)
W 8–0
 Toleukhan (KAZ)
W 1–0
 Zinnatov (AIN)
W 6–1
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vladyslav Rudniev 79 kg  Contreras (COL)
W 8–0
 Kushaev (UZB)
W 8–0
 Abgarian (AIN)
W 3–0
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Petro Davydenko 88 kg  Tergeubekov (KAZ)
W 10–0
 Erkebai Uulu (KGZ)
W 8–0
 Alikhanov (AIN)
W 4–1
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anatolii Voloshynov 98 kg  Avanesyan (ARM)
L 0–2
Did not advance
Oleksandr Voropaiev
Andrii Kucherenko
Vladyslav Rudniev
Petro Davydenko
Anatolii Voloshynov
Men's team  Kyrgyzstan
w/o
 Uzbekistan
W 2–0
 Kazakhstan
W 2–0
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yevheniia Pozdnia 65 kg  Akzhigitova (KAZ)
L 0–1
Did not advance
Anhelina Lysenko 72 kg  Kenessary (KAZ)
L 0–1
Did not advance
Anhelina Lysenko
Yevheniia Pozdnia
Women's team  Venezuela
w/o
 Uzbekistan
L 0–2
 Egypt
W 2–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Sport climbing

Yaroslav Tkach competed at his second consecutive Games.

Speed single
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final/Bronze medal bout
Result Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yaroslav Tkach Men's 5.02 3 Q  Zurloni (ITA)
W 5.07–5.20
 Watson (USA)
L 5.78–4.87
Did not advance
Hryhorii Ilchyshyn 5.36 17 Did not advance
Kostiantyn Pavlenko 5.72 25 Did not advance
Denys Mozolevych 6.03 26 Did not advance
Speed single 4
Athlete Event Qualification Elimination heat Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Yaroslav Tkach Men's 5.09 9 q EH Fall Did not advance
Hryhorii Ilchyshyn 5.18 10 q EH 5.64 4 Did not advance
Kostiantyn Pavlenko 5.59 29 Did not advance
Denys Mozolevych 5.45 27 Did not advance
Speed relay
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final/Bronze medal bout
Result Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yaroslav Tkach
Hryhorii Ilchyshyn
Men's 10.68 4 Q  Kazakhstan 1
L 12.85–11.11
Did not advance
Kostiantyn Pavlenko
Denys Mozolevych
11.43 12 Q  Indonesia 2
L 10.95–11.82
Did not advance

Squash

Dmytro Scherbakov competed at his second consecutive Games. Alina Bushma made a comeback after the 2017 Games.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Dmytro Shcherbakov Men's singles  van Niekerk (RSA)
L 0–3
 Kandra (GER)
L 0–3
 Haizhen (CHN)
W 3–0
 Lutz (AUT)
W 3–2
 Krysiak (POL)
W 3–1
25
Alina Bushma Women's singles  Vidović (CRO)
L 2–3
 Zhang (CHN)
W 3–0
 Čepová (CZE)
W 3–0
 Barbeau (FRA)
W 3–0
 Bautista (COL)
L 2–3
18

Trampoline gymnastics

Ukraine qualified athletes at the 2023 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Davyd Sandomyrskyi
Andrii Sokolov
Men's synchronised 23.310 8 Did not advance
Timofii Chervonnyi Men's tumbling 40.200 8 Did not advance
Diana Denysova Women's tumbling 37.500 7 Did not advance

Wakeboarding

Athletes Event Heats Last chance qualifiers Semi-final Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Chubaka Chuba Men's skim 30.00 3 Q Bye 25.00 5 Did not advance
Sonya Sokolova Women's skim 66.67 2 Q Bye 39.00 3 Q 50.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wushu

Ukraine qualified two athletes, one in taolu and one in sanda.

Taolu
Athlete Event First routine Second routine Final score
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Oryna Ivanova Women's taijiquan and taijijian combined 9.690 4 8.883 9 18.573 9
Sanda
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/Bronze medal bout
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Volodymyr Shevchenko 85 kg Bye  Wahdan (EGY)
L 0–2
 Fandino (ESP)
L 0–2
4

References

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  2. ^ "TWG Sports". theworldgames. 28 April 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-02-23. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  3. ^ Тренер Терлюги розповів, як вдалося задовольнити протест щодо півфіналу Всесвітніх ігор – допомогли друзі з Канади, football24.ua, 8 August 2025 (in Ukrainian).