Ukrainian freestyler Alexander Abramenko and his rival from Russia Ilya Burov warmly congratulated each other on the podium in Pyeongchang. Athletes turned to the Ukrainian flag and photographed, thus, the athletes created a resonance around their people. Again, politics is invading the Olympic Games. Again the heat. It would seem that Ukraine "won" gold, bypassed Russia in freestyle, Ilya Burov got a "bronze", - be proud, Ukrainians! But, the head of the Kiev organization of the party "Ukrainian Union of Patriots" Dmitry Simansky was very outraged. "Tell me that this is not true! Because the Ukrainian Olympic champion can not cuddle on a pedestal with a Russian. ", He wrote on his Facebook page. Comments on the statement of the Ukrainian patriot were divided, but nobody left such a situation indifferent.

The athletes themselves said that they are friendly and no policy of theirs does not concern. "Everyone knows from what country we are. in our discipline formed something like a Slavic brotherhood. Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians keep together at competitions. I, for example, have long been friends with the Ukrainian freestyler Alexander Abramenko. Today, one of the first to congratulate him on the gold medal, "- Ilya Burov commented in an interview with Teamrussia. pro.