The Ukrainian figure skater explained his own failure at the Olympics by Humennik's performance

On February 13, Ukrainian figure skater Kirill Marsak spoke about his unsuccessful performance in the free skate at the Olympic Games, noting that it was his worst rental of the season.

According to the athlete, he was unable to concentrate mentally due to a lot of negative news on the eve of the competition, including the disqualification of his colleague Vladislav Geraskevich.

"I was under pressure because we were skating one after the other with this "neutral" athlete (Russian Peter Gumennik. — Ed.). It was hard," he said.

After the short program, Marsak was ahead of Humennik, but in the free skate, the Russian confidently won, scoring 271.21 points, while Marsak finished with 224.17 points, the Newspaper added.Ru" The Russian finished the tournament in sixth place.

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On the same day, Alexander Enbert, the silver medalist of the 2018 Olympic Games in the team tournament, praised Humennik's performance in the free skate at the Olympics in Italy. At the same time, according to him, the points received by the Russian athlete were restrained, especially for such difficult elements as quadruple jumps.

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