Ukrainian freestyle skier Abramenko wins gold in men's aerials

Ukrainian freestyle skier Oleksandr Abramenko has won the gold medal in the men's aerials at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang (South Korea).

In the final of the competition, the athlete performed a back full-full-double-full jump and earned 128.51 points, Ukrinform reports.

China's Jia Zongyang (128.05 points) took the silver and Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR) Ilia Burov (122.17) won the bronze.

This is Ukraine's first medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.