MOSCOW, April 17 Russian figure skater Evgeny Semenenko, who suffered a head injury after an unsuccessful fall Lying on the front row of the stalls, he asked not to remove his skates from him, an eyewitness of the incident said. A participant in the Beijing Olympic Games, Semenenko, while performing on Evgeni Plushenko's show on Saturday at the beginning of the rental, tried to make a four-turn jump, but landed unsuccessfully and hit his head on the ice. The skater could not stand up on his own and fell on the first row of the stalls, and then left the ice on a stretcher. An 18-year-old athlete was hospitalized, he was diagnosed with a concussion. «After the fall, there was concern that something was wrong with the spine, but, fortunately, nothing happened. Having fallen on the first row of the stalls, he periodically turned off, but when he came to, he spoke : «Do not take off my skates.» Apparently, he wanted to continue the number. Evgeni Plushenko instantly appeared nearby and organized quick help, «the source said. The information that appeared on the Internet about the inadequate quality of ice, according to an eyewitness, is not true. “Everything was in order with the ice, at least no one complained about the ice at all. Those photos with puddles on the ice that were published on the Internet were taken immediately after pouring during the intermission, and Zhenya performed in the first part. The only thing that at first, as it seemed, the side light sources were too bright. After this happened, they were dimmed, and the main lighting was added, «said the source of the agency. in the eyes, nothing was visible», and she «acted at random».
