Vlada Nikolchenko

2019 Her 2019 season commenced at the LA Lights Tournament, where she finished 2nd in all-around behind Alina Harnasko.

At the Grand Prix in Marbella, Nikolchenko finished 4th in the all-around, 3rd in hoop, 6th in ribbon, 7th in clubs and 8th in ball. At the Grand Prix Kyiv, she won the all-around gold, hoop gold, ball silver and ribbon bronze. Nikolchenko took part at the Thiais Grand Prix, placing 7th in all-around, 5th in clubs and 8th in ball. She also won the bronze in hoop. Her first World Cup event of the season was the 2019 Sofia World Cup, where she placed 5th in all-around, 6th in clubs and 8th in ribbon.

Nikolchenko participated at the 2019 Tashkent World Cup, finishing 6th in the all-around after several mistakes in her ball routine. She won bronze for hoop and clubs, and took 6th place in ribbon. The following week, she took part in the Baku World Cup and took the all-around bronze behind Russian twins Arina Averina and Dina Averina. She won bronze for clubs and placed 4th in ribbon, 5th in hoop and 7th in ball. Like in 2018, Nikolchenko was the World Cup winner for clubs; she was also the World Cup winner for clubs for the second year in a row.

At the Ukrainian National Championships, Nikolchenko won gold in the all-around. At the European Championships in Baku, she qualified for the hoop and clubs final, winning a quota place for the following year’s European Championship in Kyiv. She won bronze in clubs and finished 8th for hoop.

Nikolchenko participated at the Grand Prix Holon, finishing 11th in the all-around. She only qualified to one final for hoop, where she won silver. At the 2019 Cluj Napoca World Challenge Cup, Nikolchenko brought two new routines for ball and ribbon. She finished 4th in the all-around and qualified for the hoop, ball and clubs finals. She won gold in clubs and finished 5th for hoop and ball.

At the 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku, she qualified for the ball, clubs and ribbon final. Nikolchenko won a bronze with clubs, her first world championship medal, and placed 4th for ribbon and ball. She finished 5th at the all-around final, her second year placed in the top five. Nikolchenko succeeded in winning an Olympic quota.

2020-2021 At the 2020 European Championships in Kyiv, Nikolchenko finished eighth in the all-around. She won gold in clubs at the 2020 Grand Prix Final in Kyiv. At the 2021 European Championships in Varna, she finished 13th in the all-around. In July 2021, she announced through her Instagram account that she was taking a break from gymnastics and would not attend the Olympic Games due to health issues after contracting COVID-19.

2023 In July 2023, Nikolchenko announced that she would be coming back to Ukraine after her stay in the United Arab Emirates. On July 4, Nikolchenko went back to competing and won bronze at the Championship of Ukraine. On November 23, 2023, Nikolchenko was expelled from Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation following racist comment posted about Poles via Instagram.

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