The Ukrainian luge team set a new national record at the 2026 Olympics, taking sixth place in the mixed relay.. This is Ukraine’s best result in the history of participation in the Olympic Games in this sport..

The competition included two runs in single sleighs and two runs in doubles.. New to the format was the participation of women's doubles, which debuted as a separate discipline at the 2026 Games. Previously, only singles and men's doubles competed in the relay.

Ukraine started fourth and after the first stages took the lead with a time of 3:46. 174 minutes, ahead of the teams of China, Poland and Romania. Yulianna Tunitskaya showed 56 in her single stage. 392 seconds, Andriy Mandziy - 55. 498 seconds. The doubles of Olena Stetskiv and Oleksandra Mokh, as well as Igor Goy and Nazariy Kachmar finished with a gap of 1. 130 and 1. 806 seconds respectively.

Germany won the relay with a course record of 3:

41. 672 minutes, silver and bronze won by Austria and Italy. Ukraine finished the race with a gap of +4. 502 seconds, improving the previous national record: the team’s previous best result was 11th place in 2014 and 2022.

With their performance, Ukrainian lugers also supported the disqualified skeleton athlete Vladislav Geraskevich: after the race, the athletes took a knee, raised their helmets and shouted “Vlad, we are with you. Ukraine, we are with you"