Ukrainian freestyler Dmitry Kotovsky won the first victory at the level of the World Cup in ski acrobatics in the American Deer Valley.

In the finals of the men's competition, 21-year-old Kotovsky performed the Hurricane jump (complexity - 5. 2 points). Kotovsky scored 138.82 points and won gold.

" I don't know how to express my feelings. It's incredible, I have no words. Before the final jump, I was a little nervous, but I knew what I had to do and did it,"

It should be noted that for the Ukrainian team this is the fifth victory in the history of men's ski acrobatics at the World Cup level..

It is also the first gold medal for Ukraine in the last eight years.. The last time the Ukrainian Olympic champion Alexander Abramenko became the first at the stages of the World Cup was in 2015..

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Earlier it was reported that the freestyle world champion died in an avalanche.