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INNSBRUCK, January 22 – The Gold Medal Game of the Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament between the teams of Finland and Russia, with Team Finland winning, has just wrapped up the sports competitions of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck.
Ukrainian Team which was represented here by 23 athletes in 8 sports come back home with 3 silver medals and the 25th place in the Overall Team Ranking (not counting the medal in the Figure Skating Mixed NOC Team Event).
A whole number of Ukrainian athletes entered the top-tens of the best young Olympians of the Planet in various Biathlon, Figure skating, Luge and Short Track Speed Skating events.
Dancing duo Aleksandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN, figure skater Yaroslav PANIOT and Mariya DOLGOPOLOVA who competed in Short Track Speed Skating entered the Olympic History of Ukraine as Silver Medalists of the 1st ever Winter Youth Olympics.
The festival of sport, friendship and respect comes to its end, and in a couple of hours the Olympic flame will go out, to flash out again in 2016 in Lillehammer (Norway).

For a selection of photos available from the event, please visit our Photogallery.

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