Awkward Olympic wait for Ukraine’s Kyrylo Marsak as Russian Petr Gumennik leads nearby

MILAN (AP) — Ukrainian figure skater Kyrylo Marsak wrapped up his Olympics with a disappointing men's free skate Friday night, then had to endure waiting for his score while Russian athlete Petr Gumennik sat in the leader's chair about 10 feet away from him.

It was an awkward scene given that their two nations have been engaged in a bitter four-year war.

The scene unfolded on the same day that Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych lost his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a disqualification stemming from his desire to wear a “helmet of memory” covered with portraits of more than 20 athletes and coaches from his nation that had been killed during its war with Russia.

The Russian team remains barred from competing at the Winter Games because of the invasion.

Gumennik and fellow figure skater Adeliia Petrosian, however, are among several athletes in multiple sports who are competing as neutral athletes. To have such status, they had to prove to the International Olympic Committee that they were not contracted to the military or state security agencies and had not actively supported their country in the war.

“I think there was too much negative information during the last couple of days,” Marsak, the only Ukrainian men's figure skater, said following his performance, “with the disqualification of Vladyslav Heraskevych and the IOC situation. It feels like the IOC is completely against us Ukrainians. They want to cancel everything Ukrainian.

“I think it’s just manipulation and trying to pressure on us,” he added, “in my opinion of course.”

The kiss-and-cry has long been a figure skating staple, where skaters sit after they finish to hear their scores.

But new for the Milan Cortina Games is the hot seat, where the current leader sits and watches everyone perform until someone beats them.

And that is the spot where Gumennik was sitting after a solid performance that included five quad jumps gave him the early lead.

Marsak was immediately after him by virtue of their placements from the short program. When he finished his performance, Marsak headed to the kiss-and-cry area, never once glancing at Gumennik to his right.

Gumennik politely applauded as Marsak's score was read, then the Ukrainian skater walked past him without a word or glance.

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Kyrylo Marsak of Ukraine competes during the men's free skate program in figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Petr Gumennik of Individual Neutral Athletes competes during the men's free skate program in figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Kyrylo Marsak of Ukraine competes during the men's free skate program in figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Petr Gumennik of Individual Neutral Athletes competes during the men's free skate program in figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

NEW YORK (AP) — A second suspect in the stray-bullet killing of a 7-month-old baby on a Brooklyn street was arrested Friday, police said, two days after a shooting the police commissioner called “a tragedy that truly shocks the conscience.”

Matthew Rodriguez, 18, was apprehended in Pennsylvania by New York Police Department detectives working with U.S. Marshals, the NYPD said.

The suspected shooter, 21-year-old Amuri Greene, was arrested shortly after the drive-by gunfire that killed Kaori Patterson-Moore. Greene pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges at an arraignment Friday night.

Kaori was in her stroller when a two men sped down a street on a moped Wednesday afternoon. Greene, riding on the back of the vehicle, fired into a group of people on a street corner, according to a court complaint.

Kaori's mother, Lianna Charles-Moore, told the New York Post that after hearing what she initially believed were fireworks, she was comforting her startled 2-year-old son — who had been grazed by a bullet — when she looked to her left and saw her baby daughter bleeding. The infant had been shot in the head.

“My daughter was innocent. She didn’t deserve that," Charles-Moore told the newspaper. She said her daughter was just about starting to crawl and had recently begun saying “Mama.”

Greene told police he was aiming for another person in the crowd, according to the court complaint.

Police said the moped sped and crashed into a car two blocks away, hurling both men off the vehicle. Greene was injured and soon was hospitalized in police custody, but the moped driver fled.

Authorities haven't yet released court papers that detail Rodriguez's alleged role. But they haven't indicated they were looking for anyone other than the gunman — alleged to have been Greene — and the moped driver.

Greene was being held without bail after his arraignment. A voice message seeking comment was left with his attorney.

Police didn't immediately have information on how the men are connected or where Rodriguez lives; no working telephone number for him could immediately be found. Police charges against him were pending.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch expressed heartbreak and outrage over Kaori's death.

“This is a terrible day in our city, a tragedy that truly shocks the conscience,” Tisch said at a news briefing Wednesday.

This image taken from video provided by the New York Police Department shows New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, flanked by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, left, and Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, speaking during a news conference, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in New York. (NYPD via AP)