Gold medalist Abramenko carries Ukrainian flag at Winter Olympics 2018 closing ceremony

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Olympic champion Oleksandr Abramenko who won the men's aerials freestyle skiing gold medal has carried the Ukrainian flag at the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Read alsoFreestyle skiing: Ukraine's Abramenko wins aerials gold – mediaAbramenko creates the new history of Ukrainian freestyle.

For the first time in the history of Ukrainian freestyle in Men's Aerials, the athlete got a medal of the Olympic Games.

He is also the first Olympic champion among men of the Ukrainian national team over the entire period of the country's independence.

The closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics 2018 takes place at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on Sunday, February 25.