National Olympic Committee of Ukraine announced the names of the athletes who received the right to participate at the winter Olympic games 2018 in Pyeongchang.
At the next Olympics Ukraine delegates 33 athletes – that’s the number of athletes fulfilled the conditions of qualification of the international Federation for winter sports.
The international Olympic Committee and the organizing Committee of the Games in Pannage confirmed the request of the national Olympic team of Ukraine.
The national team of Ukraine at the Olympics in Pyeongchang:
Biathlon: Julia Jim And Olena Pidhrushna, Valentina Semerenko, Vita Semerenko, Anastasia Merkushina Irina Varvynets, Sergey Semenuk, Brendan, Mr Pidruchny, Vladimir Semakov, Artem Tishchenko.
Freestyle Alexander Abramenko, Olga Polyuk, Tatyana Petrova.
Ski race: Tatiana, Antimenko, Alexey Krasovsky, Andrey Orlik, Marina Antsibor.
Ski mountaineering: Ivan Kovbasyuk, Olga Knysh.
Biathlon: Viktor Pasichnyk.
Luge Roman Zacharkiw, Alexander Obolonok, Elena Stetskiv, Anton Dukach, Elena Shumova, Andrew Manzi.
Skeleton Vladislav Geraskevich.
Snowboarding: Annamari Dance.
Figure skating Alexandra Nazarova And Maxim Nikitin, Anna Hrycenko, Yaroslav Panic.
The Ministry of youth and sports of Ukraine earlier approved prize money for the medalists of the Olympic games in Pyeongchang: 125 thousand dollars for gold, 80 –
silver and 50 for bronze.
Winter Olympics 2018 will be held from 9 to 25 February in Pyeongchang (South Korea). More than 2,500 athletes from 94 countries will compete in the 102 sets of medals in 7 sports (15 disciplines).
