Record Number of Medals: How the Tenth Day of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games Went for Ukrainians

The national team claimed four Youth Olympic Games medals in a single day.

Ukrainian athletes added four medals to the team's haul on the tenth day of the Youth Olympic Games.

In particular, on November 10 the "blue-and-yellows" claimed "gold", two "silvers" and one "bronze" thanks to their performances in five sports: fencing, cycling, athletics, artistic gymnastics and boxing.

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How the Ukrainians Performed on the Tenth Day of the Youth Olympic Games

• In cycling, Ukraine was represented by Anastasiia Saturova, who finished 19th in the time trial, and Dmytro Starovoitov. The athlete completed his performance in 17th place.

• Fencer Alina Dmytruk won all six of her pool bouts and, thanks to that, skipped the round of 16. In the quarterfinal, the Ukrainian got the better of Iran's Ghazal Madani (15:5), and in the semifinal she overcame Oman's Yana Al Sharji (15:9). In the decisive bout, however, Alina lost to Hungary's Lotti Hovrat — 12:15. Thus, Dmytruk claimed "silver" at YOG 2026.

• Yana Protsenko finished 14th in the artistic gymnastics all-around final. The Ukrainian scored 47.798 points.

• The first athletics medal came from Vitalii Tarasiuk in the 5000 m race walk — "silver". In the same discipline, Daria Kozka won a bronze medal.
  
  Meanwhile, high jumper Anastasiia Kovalchuk failed to clear the 1.71-metre bar and finished one step away from the podium.

• The second "gold" of the 2026 Games for Ukraine came from hammer thrower Milaniia Kokhan. The Ukrainian set a new personal best on her fifth attempt, which brought her victory — 71.27 metres. Thus, Melaniia repeated her brother Mykhailo's achievement — YOG 2018 champion in Argentina.

Thus, thanks to four medals in a single day, Ukraine climbed to 18th place in the medal standings.

YOG 2026 Medal Standings, November 10

1. China — 28 medals (15 gold + 8 silver + 5 bronze)

2. Japan — 23 (9+6+5)

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18. Ukraine — 6 (2+2+2)

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