The Ukrainian Olympic team completed the Games in South Korea with one gold medal and two scandals.
The amazing leap of freestyler Alexander Abramenko brought Ukraine the first ever gold male medal. His flight even got on the covers of the world's leading publications.
However, 17 competitive days in general for Ukraine - more reason for thinking than pride, says the TSN. Tyzhden.
Flag of Ukraine in the parade of athletes endured Abramenko.
Three thousand athletes gathered at the stadium in Pyeongchang. On the show warm-up, Korean rockers sang and girls danced in traditional dresses. By the way, parents will be surprised when they learn that Korean pop music has long seized Ukrainian teenagers. And new trends from Korea enough. Technological record put a symbol of the Winter Olympics - a white tiger drawn by drones. Also there was a light turtle from lasers and lanterns.
"At first, I even tried to keep everyone, to answer to some, but I realized that it was just pointless. I'll spend a lot of time, and then just make a post, "- said Olympic champion Abramenko.
In honor of Ukrainian Alena Savchenko sounded the anthem of Germany. For this country, a figure skater from Obukhov, who already speaks with a tangible accent, has been speaking since 2005. According to her, she changed her citizenship in search of decent conditions for training. "Thank you all for your SMS, excitement. We have the Ukrainian soul. She is the strongest. Therefore, I am very proud that I am from Ukraine, "Savchenko added..
The real disappointment was the performance of Ukrainian biathletes. They won 11th place in the relay race and caused a scandal when the star of the team Valentina Semerenko coaches did not put on the start. She did not restrain her resentment and shocked Facebook: "We do not have a team, but shit. It's insulting and painful, how your dream is broken, your work ".
Now after the Olympics, the biathlon team gets a sea of ??criticism from the fans. "We deliberately go to the start and do not fight? We are pleased to occupy the last places? It's simply insulting for people who pour mud on us, but we do not drink beer, do not lie on the couch," said biathlete Vita Semerenko.
To extract another scandal, the Ukrainian luger Andrei Mandziy tried. After the speech in Pyeongchang, he posted a photo on the network, how he independently assembles his inventory. The message caught the attention of even the Minister of Sports of Ukraine, who promised to find the missing gun. Allegedly bought sled cost the state from 60 to 80 thousand dollars.
Did not succumb to the Olympics to the Russians. Without doping, nothing happened to the Russians failed. Once the powerful team was left without any identification marks and without a place in the top ten. After this, two Russian athletes in Pyeongchang were caught on banned drugs.
The combined women's ice hockey team of Korea lost all matches, however it became a sports sensation, because the girls on the platform were sick for the sister of Kim Jong-Yin. The most influential woman in North Korea, Kim Joon, is the first of the Kim dynasty, who crossed the border between the belligerent countries. She flew to Pyongchang with a transparent hint - to be friends. However, already at the closing ceremony, an influential Korean woman was replaced by an equally impressive American woman. Ivanka Trump sat on the podium with the President of South Korea.
The white tiger Suhoran - the mascot of the Olympic Games - passed the baton to Bury Bear Bear Band - a symbol of the Paralympic Games, which will bring sports battles back to the city on March 9. Hello Olympic Beijing, which will host the Olympics in four years, from the stadium passed the panda and dragons. The Koreans completed the competition season with a play about the hope of humanity. Giant clock considered the time before future sports competitions. Will they have a place for the Ukrainian team - we must decide now.
Svyatoslav Grinchuk.