At the Paralympic Games in Paris, Ukrainian athlete Oleksandr Litvinenko insulted Russian track and field athlete Yevgeny Torsunov. The Russian won gold in the long jump, while the Ukrainian took third place.
The Ukrainian athlete said that “a little bit scrapes on my soul, because of the fact that I lost to this misunderstanding”. He also noted that he resents only himself.
“A little bit scraped on the soul that I lost to this misunderstanding. I'm talking about a neutral athlete? If you can call them that. No one is neutral,” Ukrainian media reports Litvinenko's words.
According to the results of the competition in the long jump, Russian Evgeny Torsunov won the gold medal with a result of 5.83 meters and at the same time set a Paralympic record.
The silver medal went to Brazilian track and field athlete Aser Ramos, while Ukraine's Litvinenko won the bronze.
Earlier it was reported that an athlete from St. Petersburg won a silver medal in swimming at the Paralympics.