Alas, the promising Russian could not get through to the final of the Games-2018 in the board cross. In his semifinal race, he fell and did not complete the descent. Himself to climb a snowboarder could not. From the track he was carried on a stretcher. He said about the knee injury, but he encouraged the others with the words that with him "everything is fine," quotes "Sport-Express". "He has a broken leg," - told the press service of the Federation of Russia's Snowboard. Silver medalist of the Olympics in Sochi acted with a knee injury, said the head coach of the Russian national snowboard team Denis Tikhomirov.

Because of this, Olyunin was unable to complete the competition at Games-2018. The athlete is conscious, but can not get up and is in shock, added the Russian national snowboard team coach Arthur Zlobin. Earlier, a trauma after the fall in the competitions in alpine skiing at the Olympics in Phenchkhan was received by another Russian athlete - Pavel Trikhichev. He could not finish the performances in combination and was taken to the hospital. Fortunately, he has no serious injuries.