The Irpin region secured 13 medals at the Kyiv Orienteering Championships — a local success with national significance
Athletes from Pryirpinnia returned from the Holosiivsk Forest with 13 medals. This is not just the result of the competition — it’s a sign of the strength of youth training and community clubs.
By Tetiana Suchkova-Ladik
March 15, 2026 · 1 min read
Briefly: the main points
13 awards — that’s how many medals athletes from Pryirpinnia won at the Kyiv Championship in foot orienteering. The competition took place in the Holosiivskyi Forest and featured about 350 athletes from 15 regions of Ukraine. The information was released by the sports club Kyiv region O-team.
The result and its context
The scale of participation and the number of awards show that local training programs and club infrastructure are producing results. For the region, this is not only sporting pride but also an investment in discipline, endurance and team culture among young people.
“The long distance is interesting and at the same time not easy; it required athletes to have endurance, attentiveness and the ability to make the right decisions quickly in the forest!”
— Kyiv region O-team, organizers
Winners and categories
The awards were won by:
- W10: Hulay Milana
- M10: Kobylianskyi Zakhar
- M12: Zahlynskyi Kyrylo, Lavrynovych Denys
- W14: Shpak Yelyzaveta, Horshkova Polina, Ulubiekova Sabina
- M14: Dyachenko Illia
- W18: Polubentseva Iryna, Lukienko Yuliia, Kozlova Alisa
- M18: Chudinov Roman, Bevz Andriy
Why this matters to the reader
These medals are an indicator of systematic work by coaches and clubs under challenging conditions. Large-scale competitions and active participation by youth from different regions build a reserve for national teams, strengthen local communities and provide an example of healthy leisure for other towns and villages.
What’s next?
It is now important that the results turn into sustained support: accessible training facilities, competitions for coaches and programs for the development of children’s and youth sports. When sport works for the community — everyone wins: children, families, the region and the country as a whole.
