The Ukrainian figure skater blamed the Russian for his fall

Ukrainian figure skater Kirill Marsak blamed the Russian for his fall during the short program at the Olympics in Italy.

Russian athlete Pyotr Gumennik knocked Marsak out of the rut by his mere presence.

After the fall, the Ukrainian dropped in the protocol beyond the top 15 and finished in 19th place.

"There was pressure on me that we were skating behind each other with a "neutral" athlete. It was hard. We did not cope with this. But we fall in order to get up later; we make mistakes in order to learn from them... But, unfortunately, it happened that way, there were such events," said Marsak, quoted by "Время.иа ".

As EADaily reported, the performance of the Ukrainian national team at the Winter Olympics in Milan will be remembered not for sporting achievements, but for scandals and provocations. Of the 46 athletes announced in 11 sports, none has yet managed to climb the podium. According to the Ukrainian telegram channel "Resident", most of the results of athletes from the Square are outside the top 20, and in a number of disciplines Ukrainians do not even qualify.