EXTRA Abramenko wins men's Olympic aerials as Belarus' dominance ends

Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - Ukraine‘s Oleksandr Abramenko triumphed in the men‘s freestyle skiing aerials at the Pyeongchang Games on Sunday as dominators Belarus finally failed to secure a medal in the event.Abramenko landed a back full-full-double full in the third final to secure a winning score of 128.51, pipping China‘s Jia Zongyang and Olympic Athlete from Russia Ilia Burov, who both attempted the same move.Stanislau Hladchenko of Belarus went for a harder back double full-double full-full but his gamble failed to pay off as he finished last in the six-man final.Belarus has had a male skier on the aerials podium at the last four Olympics, winning gold at both Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014. Anton Kushnir, champion from four years ago, failed to reach the final.dpa dtw mjc