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At the same time, two weeks earlier, Golichenko and Daransky won bronze medals on “adult” test competitions in the Olympic arena in Milan (Italy) Road to 26 Trophy. It turns out that the bronze medalists of the tournament among the sports couples of the already distant Turin Olympiad-2006 Elena Hrushina and Ruslan Goncharov appeared heirs …
Medals for two weeks in a row The successes of the last two weeks cannot be called random. The couple from the Dnieper regularly gets into the prize -winners of adult competitions, not to mention junior, where they are still in age.
In the debtzen, Ukrainians showed the final result (short + arbitrary programs) 164.06 points, significantly giving way to the winners from Georgia. Anastasia Metolkin and Luke Berulav scored 191.01 points. But, at the same time, Golichenko and Daransky significantly overtook a couple from Canada, who became bronze medalists. Martin Ariano Kent and Charlie Libert-Laran scored 155.02 points.
It is worth noting that for Ukraine this 12th medal in the history of junior world championships, but as noted, the first silver in a quarter of a century. In general, our skaters won four gold, three silver and five bronze awards. And, given the gold Dmitry Dmitrenko in 1992, this is the 13th award.
And in Milan, at the pre -Olympic tournament, on February 21, the Ukrainian sports couple scored 164.05 points, with almost a minimum difference, having receded Kate Macbeth and Danil Parkman from the United States, who took second place (165.76). The winners in the steam skating were the Italians Rebecca Gilardi and Filippo Ambrozini (171.02).
Artem Darrensky and Sofia Golichenko
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The partner won the Bronze of the Youth Olympiad The name of Sergei Darensky first sounded in the news reports in January 2020. Then, at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, a Ukrainian, paired with Sofia Nesterova, won a bronze medal in the team tournament. The Ukrainian couple won the Team Vision Mixed Team.
It was the first major international success of the athlete 18-year-old at the time. Despite the fact that with Nesterova Daransky managed to become a two -time champion of Ukraine. But it was after the Youth Olympiad that he changed his partner, stepping from Golichenko.
The first season paired with a new partner was clouded by an unpleasant incident on Beijing-2022 Qualification World Cup. At the 2021 World Cup in Stockholm (Sweden), the couple did not perform because of a positive coronavirus test. And next season 2021/22, at the Tabelhorn trophs, the last qualification tournament to the Olympics, the Ukrainian couple took only 11th place and did not fall among the participants of the Olympiad.
However, the national team of Ukraine was able to qualify in the team tournament, and Daransky and Golichenko were part of the team as the best sports couple of the country. However, in Beijing the Ukrainian team took the last 10th place in the short program and did not fall into arbitrary. And Daransky and Golichenko took 9th place in a short program of sports couples just because … couples from Germany were not in this type of program.
To live and compete contrary to war Immediately after the Olympiad, Ukraine and the whole world struck the full -scale invasion of the Russian army into our country. But despite such terrible events, Sofia and Artem have found the strength to train and prepare for the World Cup. Moreover, to the second most important of the start of the season after the games, they put a new short program for the song “Living” Ukrainian band The Hardkiss (soloist Yulia Sanina) and took 13th place with her at the World Cup debut.
Unfortunately, athletes were forced to star from an arbitrary program to avoid injuries.
Regular successes and hopes for the World Cup In the current Olympic cycle, the Ukrainian couple periodically enters the winners of both adults and junior competitions. Thus, in December 2023, Golichenko and Darensky became bronze medalists of the international Golden Spin of Zagreb, which takes place in the capital of Croatia. They took third place in the competitions of the ninth, last stage of the series Challenger with the best results in the season. For a brief program, our sports couple received 55.92 points from the judges, for arbitrary – 106.25 points and 162.17 points.
Artem Darrensky and Sofia Golichenko
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And in September 2024, at the beginning of this season, the couple became the silver medalist of the fifth stage of the Grand Prix series among juniors in Gdansk (Poland). The wards of Igor Marchenko took the second place (51.81 points) after performing the short program, showed the fifth result (84.77 points), but eventually retained the second position. According to the sum of two speeches, the skaters from the Dnieper received 136.58 points from the judges. The winners of the tournament in steam skating were Chinese skaters Zhang Jsyauan and Juan Ihan (161.96 points), and bronze medalists – Julia Kvatkkki and Simon Demar from Canada (134.88).
Ahead of the World Cup 2025 – the main event of the season and the landmark start that determines the schedules before the Olympic season 2025/26. The result of this start depends a lot for athletes in the next Olympic season 2025/26. The main tournament of the year will take place on March 25-30 in Boston (USA).
Ukrainian winners of junior world championships
- World Cup-1992 | Dmitry Dmitrenko – gold
- World Cup-1993 | Eugene Pluta is gold
- World Cup-1994 | Galina Maniaachenko/ Eugene Zhigursky – Bronze (couples)
- World Cup-1995 | Yevgeny Filonenko/Igor Marchenko – Bronze (couples)
- World Cup-1996 | Yevgeny Filonenko/Igor Marchenko – silver (couples), Natalia Gudina/Vitaliy Kurkudim – Bronze (Dancing)
- World Cup-1998 | Julia Ortas/Dmitry Palamarchuk – Gold (Pum)
- World Cup-1999 | Julia Ortas/Dmitry Palamarchuk – Gold (Pum)
- World Cup-2000 | Alona Savchenko/Stanislav Morozov – Gold (Couples), Julia Overtas/Dmitry Palamarchuk – Silver (Couples)
- World Cup 2015 | Alexander Nazarov/Maxim Nikitin – Bronze (Dancing)
- World Cup 2023 | Violetta Serov/Ivan Hobta – Bronze (Couples)
- World Cup 2025 | Sofia Golichenko/Artem Darrensky – silver (couples)
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At the same time, two weeks earlier, Golichenko and Daransky won bronze medals on “adult” test competitions in the Olympic arena in Milan (Italy) Road to 26 Trophy. It turns out that the bronze medalists of the tournament among the sports couples of the already distant Turin Olympiad-2006 Elena Hrushina and Ruslan Goncharov appeared heirs …
Medals for two weeks in a row The successes of the last two weeks cannot be called random. The couple from the Dnieper regularly falls into the prize -winners by age.
In the debtzen, Ukrainians showed the final result (short + arbitrary programs) 164.06 points, significantly giving way to the winners from Georgia. Anastasia Metolkin and Luke Berulav scored 191.01 points. But, at the same time, Golichenko and Daransky significantly overtook a couple from Canada, who became bronze medalists. Martin Ariano Kent and Charlie Libert-Laran scored 155.02 points.
It is worth noting that for Ukraine this 12th medal in the history of junior world championships, but as noted, the first silver in a quarter of a century. In general, our skaters won four gold, three silver and five bronze awards. And, given the gold Dmitry Dmitrenko in 1992, this is the 13th award.
And in Milan, at the pre -Olympic tournament, on February 21, the Ukrainian sports couple scored 164.05 points, with almost a minimum difference, having receded Kate Macbeth and Danil Parkman from the United States, who took second place (165.76). The winners in the steam skating were the Italians Rebecca Gilardi and Filippo Ambrozini (171.02).
Artem Darrensky and Sofia Golichenko
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The partner won the Bronze of the Youth Olympiad The name of Sergei Darensky first sounded in the news reports in January 2020. Then, at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, a Ukrainian, paired with Sofia Nesterova, won a bronze medal in the team tournament. The Ukrainian couple won the Team Vision Mixed Team.
It was the first major international success of the athlete 18-year-old at the time. Despite the fact that with Nesterova Daransky managed to become a two -time champion of Ukraine. But it was after the Youth Olympiad that he changed his partner, stepping from Golichenko.
The first season paired with a new partner was clouded by an unpleasant incident on Beijing-2022 Qualification World Cup. At the 2021 World Cup in Stockholm (Sweden), the couple did not perform because of a positive coronavirus test. And next season 2021/22, at the Tabelhorn trophs, the last qualification tournament to the Olympics, the Ukrainian couple took only 11th place and did not fall among the participants of the Olympiad.
However, the national team of Ukraine was able to qualify in the team tournament, and Daransky and Golichenko were part of the team as the best sports couple of the country. However, in Beijing the Ukrainian team took the last 10th place in the short program and did not fall into arbitrary. And Daransky and Golichenko took 9th place in a short program of sports couples just because … couples from Germany were not in this type of program.
To live and compete contrary to war Immediately after the Olympiad, Ukraine and the whole world struck the full -scale invasion of the Russian army into our country. But despite such terrible events, Sofia and Artem have found the strength to train and prepare for the World Cup. Moreover, to the second most important of the start of the season after the games, they put a new short program for the song “Living” Ukrainian band The Hardkiss (soloist Yulia Sanina) and took 13th place with her at the World Cup debut.
Unfortunately, athletes were forced to star from an arbitrary program to avoid injuries.
Regular successes and hopes for the World Cup In the current Olympic cycle, the Ukrainian couple periodically enters the winners of both adults and junior competitions. Thus, in December 2023, Golichenko and Darensky became bronze medalists of the international Golden Spin of Zagreb, which takes place in the capital of Croatia. They took third place in the competitions of the ninth, last stage of the series Challenger with the best results in the season. For a brief program, our sports couple received 55.92 points from the judges, for arbitrary – 106.25 points and 162.17 points.
Artem Darrensky and Sofia Golichenko
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And in September 2024, at the beginning of this season, the couple became the silver medalist of the fifth stage of the Grand Prix series among juniors in Gdansk (Poland). The wards of Igor Marchenko took the second place (51.81 points) after performing the short program, showed the fifth result (84.77 points), but eventually retained the second position. According to the sum of two speeches, the skaters from the Dnieper received 136.58 points from the judges. The winners of the tournament in steam skating were Chinese skaters Zhang Jsyauan and Juan Ihan (161.96 points), and bronze medalists – Julia Kvatkkki and Simon Demar from Canada (134.88).
Ahead of the World Cup 2025 – the main event of the season and the landmark start that determines the schedules before the Olympic season 2025/26. The result of this start depends a lot for athletes in the next Olympic season 2025/26. The main tournament of the year will take place on March 25-30 in Boston (USA).
Ukrainian winners of junior world championships
- World Cup-1992 | Dmitry Dmitrenko – gold
- World Cup-1993 | Eugene Pluta is gold
- World Cup-1994 | Galina Maniaachenko/ Eugene Zhigursky – Bronze (couples)
- World Cup-1995 | Yevgeny Filonenko/Igor Marchenko – Bronze (couples)
- World Cup-1996 | Yevgeny Filonenko/Igor Marchenko – silver (couples), Natalia Gudina/Vitaliy Kurkudim – Bronze (Dancing)
- World Cup-1998 | Julia Ortas/Dmitry Palamarchuk – Gold (Pum)
- World Cup-1999 | Julia Ortas/Dmitry Palamarchuk – Gold (Pum)
- World Cup-2000 | Alona Savchenko/Stanislav Morozov – Gold (Couples), Julia Overtas/Dmitry Palamarchuk – Silver (Couples)
- World Cup 2015 | Alexander Nazarov/Maxim Nikitin – Bronze (Dancing)
- World Cup 2023 | Violetta Serov/Ivan Hobta – Bronze (Couples)
- World Cup 2025 | Sofia Golichenko/Artem Darrensky – silver (couples)