So, Abramenko noted that he just wanted to support one of his rivals with a won award..

He stated this in an interview with the Chestnok YouTube channel..

He added that now he would congratulate Burov outside the cameras. He also said that after the start of the war in Ukraine, Burov was the only Russian athlete who was interested in the fate of Abramenko..

" When you suffered from Russian aggression, and then you see how an athlete from your country somehow interacts with a Russian athlete. Of course a lot of people didn't like it..

I just didn't understand how people felt at the time.. At that time, I congratulated my sports comrade purely on emotions. This is the only thing that was on my mind at the time.. But, unfortunately, I didn't think about other people" Olympic champion said.

We add that at the Olympic Games-2022 Abramenko and the Russian athlete gave each other five. And after that, Burov hugged the Ukrainian from behind. A similar situation occurred at the 2018 Olympics - Abramenko and Burov hugged on a podium.