BEJING, Feb 16 Russian freestyler Ilya Burov and Ukrainian Alexander Abramenko embraced after completion of the competition in ski acrobatics at the Olympic Games in Beijing, the correspondent said. On Wednesday, Abramenko became the second, and Burov won the bronze medal. After the end of the tournament, the athletes congratulated each other on the awards and hugged.
Ilya Burov and Alexander AbramenkoAt the 2018 Olympics in South Korea In Pyeongchang, the athletes also warmly greeted each other and took pictures with the flag of Ukraine. Then Abramenko became the Olympic champion, and Burov took bronze. The Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Vadym Gutzeit said earlier that Ukrainian athletes were advised not to stand next to the Russians during any events at the Olympics in order to avoid provocations. Also, according to the source, they were advised not to give interviews in Russian. After the Summer Games in Tokyo in Ukraine, a scandal erupted over a joint photo of the bronze medalist in high jump Yaroslav Maguchy with Russian Maria Lasitskene, who won the gold medal. Some local media and nationalists criticized the picture. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, after a conversation with Maguchy, regarded it as a «consequence of emotions.» Maguchikh is a junior lieutenant of the Armed Forces of the country.
