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Ukraine at the 2025 World Games

Ukraine competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025. Ukraine ranked third in the medal tally with 16 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 14 bronze medals.

Competitors
Ukrainians did not compete in air sports, archery, beach handball, beach and indoor korfball, billiard sports, boules sports, canoe polo, disc golf, duathlon, fistball, flag football, floorball, inline hockey, lacrosse, lifesaving, parkour, powerboating, racquetball, roller sports, softball, tug of war. The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ==Medalists==
Acrobatic gymnastics
Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. The team was the biggest one at the Games, competed in all events and became the most successful one, as well. Push, Yarush, Kukurudz, and Savka won their second consecutive medal. It were third Games for Push, Yarush, and Kukurudz. ==Aerobic gymnastics==
Aerobic gymnastics
Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships. Ukraine won its first ever medal in aerobics. Kurashvili and Halaida competed at the 2022 Games, although in another event. ==Canoe marathon==
Canoe marathon
;Canoe marathon ==Cheerleading==
Dancesport
;Standard ;Breaking ==Dragon boat==
Dragon boat
Ukraine have qualified a berth in the 2025 World Games through its performance in the mixed 10-seater races at the 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships. Ukraine had participated in both previous events (2005 and 2009). This time, the Ukrainian team won its first medals in the sport and became second most successful team at the Games behind Indonesia. ==Finswimming==
Finswimming
Ukraine was the biggest team at the Games and became most successful in terms of number of medals, finishing 3rd in the medal tally. Sofiia Hrechko defended her title in 200 m surface from 2022. Smishchenko, Zakharov, Uvarova, Hrechko, Makarenko, Tymoshenko competed at their second Games. ==Freediving==
Freediving
Ukraine qualified one athlete. ==Ju-jitsu==
Ju-jitsu
Bohdan Mochulskyi won his third gold medal in his third appearance at the Games. ;Men ==Karate==
Karate
Zaplitnyi, Chobotar, and Terliuga qualified as medallists of the 2023 World Karate Championships, while Talibov qualified through the ranking. Terliuga competed at her second Games and won her second medal. Talibov competed at his second Games (in 2022, he finished 4th). In the semifinal, China's Wei was declared winner with score 9–1. However, the Ukrainian team filed a protest, claiming that Wei had violated the line at some point during the bout. This protest was upheld, and Terliuga subsequently won the semifinal. ;Men ;Women ==Kickboxing==
Kickboxing
Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 European Championships. Ukrainians competed in K1 style only. The team finished 2nd in the medal tally behind Israel but became the most successful in terms of number of medals. Shcherbatiuk, Ivanova, and Martyniuk won their second consecutive medal at the World Games. ;Men ;Women ==Muaythai==
Muaythai
Together with Turkey and United States, Ukrainian team was second largest team behind host China. Oleksandr Yefimenko took part in the Games for the second time. ;Men ;Women ==Orienteering==
Orienteering
Ukraine did not compete in the mixed relay. Olena Babych competed at her second consecutive Games. ;Men ;Women ==Powerlifting==
Sambo
Ukraine was the fourth largest team in the sport and one of the two that qualified athletes in all men's categories. Ukraine won its first World Games medals in the sport. The team topped the medal tally. ;Men ;Women ==Sport climbing==
Sport climbing
Yaroslav Tkach competed at his second consecutive Games. ;Speed single ;Speed single 4 ;Speed relay == Squash ==
Squash
Dmytro Scherbakov competed at his second consecutive Games. Alina Bushma made a comeback after the 2017 Games. ==Trampoline gymnastics==
Trampoline gymnastics
Ukraine qualified athletes at the 2023 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships. ==Wakeboarding==
Wushu
Ukraine qualified two athletes, one in taolu and one in sanda. ;Taolu ;Sanda ==References==
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