
MOSCOW, April 16, Andrey Simonenko. Russian figure skater Evgeny Semenenko hit hard on ice after falling at a show in St. Petersburg, coach Alexei Mishin said. During the ice show of Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko, Semenenko tried to make a four-turn jump, but landed unsuccessfully and hit his head on the ice. The athlete also fell twice trying to get up. «Zhenya hit very hard,» Mishin said. Semenenko left the ice on a stretcher. Media reports that the athlete is conscious. He was taken to the hospital.

