Ukraine wins 16 medals at 2025 Invictus Games

This is reported by Suspilne Sport.

In particular, the Ukrainian team won five medals each in biathlon and cross-country skiing, three in alpine skiing, two in snowboarding and one in skeleton.

Ukrainian medalists in winter sports at the Invictus Games:

• Biathlon: Oleh Omelchuk – gold (class – IBI4 – Open), Ruslan Serhiychuk – gold (IBI3 – Visually Impaired), Ivan Lavreniuk – silver (IBI3 – Visually Impaired), Oleksandr Andrienko – bronze (IBI1 – Sit Ski), Artur Mylin – bronze (IBI2 – Standing Ski).
• Cross-country skiing: Anatoliy Byrko – gold (INO4 – Open), Volodymyr Marchenko – gold (INO2 – Standing Ski), Yaroslav Sharky – silver (INO2 – Standing Ski), Viktor Dykyy – silver (INO1 – Sit Ski), Valeriy Odaynyk – bronze (INO2 – Standing Ski).
• Alpine skiing: Serhiy Hordievich – gold (class – IAS1 - Sit Ski), Oleksiy Gorb – silver (IAS1 – Sit Ski), Arsen Ryaboshapko – silver (IAS2 – Standing Ski).
• Snowboarding: Oleksandr Androschuk – gold (ISB1-2-3 – Standing), Ihor Oliynyk – bronze (ISB1-2-3 – Standing).
• Skeleton: Ilya Haiduk – bronze (class ISK3) 

Earlier, an Ukrinform correspondent reported that on the fourth day of the competition, Ukrainians took all three prizes in the standing ski race (class INO2). Thus, gold went to Volodymyr Marchenko, silver to Yaroslav Sharkom, and bronze to Valery Odaynyk. It is noteworthy that the time difference between the gold and silver results was less than a second.

• The opening ceremony of the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 took place in Vancouver. This year, Ukraine is participating in the Invictus Games for the fifth time.