Bilohorodka Hosts Ukrainian Tug-of-War Championship
On Armed Forces Day, the Bilohorodska community held the Ukrainian Tug-of-War Championship. Fifty teams from various regions took part. The village head took charge of the federation’s regional branch for the sport in Kyiv Oblast.
By Oleg Bazylewicz
December 8, 2025 · 1 min read
On the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, December 6–7, the Bilohorodka community in the Kyiv region hosted the Ukrainian Tug-of-War Championship. This was reported by village head Anton Ovsiienko.
Competition details
At the arena of the "Kolos" stadium in the village of Bilohorodka, the strongest teams from across Ukraine competed — from Lviv, Kyiv, the Kyiv region, Zhytomyr region and Khmelnytskyi region. In total, 50 teams took part in the championship, demonstrating team spirit, endurance and athletic strength.
The Bilohorodka community team also took part in the competition and gained invaluable experience competing against the Ukrainian champions. The team included residents of the villages of Horenychi and Stoyanka.
A revelation for the community
These competitions were a revelation for me, as tug-of-war is an incredibly spectacular sport in which the beauty of team coordination is combined with the precision of technique. Here not only strength wins, but above all proper coordination, rhythm, trust in one another and the ability to act as a single mechanism
– Anton Ovsiienko, Bilohorodka village head
A new role for the community
The championship was especially significant for the Bilohorodka community. Anton Ovsiienko headed the separate division of the Federation of the Strongest Athletes of Ukraine and Tug-of-War in the Kyiv region. This strengthens the community’s role in developing this sport at the national level.
The village head emphasized that the competition in Bilohorodka was not only a sporting event, but also a reminder of the power of unity – the same power that Ukrainian defenders, both men and women, demonstrate every day.
Context
Holding the championship on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine gave the competition special symbolic significance. Tug-of-war as a team sport underscores the importance of cohesion and collective effort – values that are especially relevant for Ukraine during the war.
