Nine Medals, Three of Them "Gold": Where Ukraine Ranks in the Youth Olympic Games 2026 Medal Table
On the final day of the Games, a Ukrainian athlete earned a medal in breaking.
Team Ukraine has wrapped up its campaign at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, which ran from October 31 to November 13 in Senegal. In total, the national team claimed nine medals — three "gold", three "silver", and as many "bronze".
In the final two days of the Games, the "blue-and-yellows" were represented in a single sport — B-Girl Nikol "Nikastar" Dzhuryk competed in breaking.
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How the Ukrainians performed in the final days of the YOG-2026
- Nikastar opened her breaking competition in the Pre-Selection round, where she finished second with 77.8 points. Japan's Hiyo (80.1) was the interim leader.
- In the Round Robin, Nikol won all three battles — against competitors from the USA, Kazakhstan, and Bulgaria. As a result, Dzhuryk advanced to the quarterfinal against Malaysia's Reese, whom she beat in all three rounds.
- In the semifinal, the Ukrainian faced Spain's Mini Ali — she got past her by just a single round margin (7:2, 5:4, 1:8), securing a medal for Ukraine.
- Nikastar's opponent in the battle for "gold" was Japan's Hiyo. The Pre-Selection leader won two rounds and lost one. That, however, proved enough for the win, and Nikol claimed "silver".
With nine medals to their name, Ukraine took 11th place in the medal table. Only two European teams finished ahead of the "blue-and-yellows" — France (7) and Croatia (10). China won the YOG-2026.
Medal table of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games
1. China — 33 medals (18 gold + 8 silver + 7 bronze)
2. Japan — 28 (11+8+9)
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4. Egypt — 12 (6+1+5)
5. Ethiopia — 8 (5+3+0)
6. Senegal — 12 (5+0+7)
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11. Ukraine — 9 (3+3+3)