Dedicating his performance to the people of Israel, Mark Kondratiuk calls his routine “To taunt the Jew-haters” while performing it to the classic Jewish folk song, “Hava Nagila.” And the kicker is…Mark is NOT even Jewish.
It isn't Islamophobia when they really ARE trying to kill you
Thanks you Bonni, not only do i get good music in the morning but i get to see a very good dancer aswell.
Very brave of him. Isn’t the Olympic commitee leftist? He’ll probably lose some points.
I played this over and over again. The skill, the speed, and the love shown is incredible. I agree with Michael T: Mark Kondratiuk is a hero. Long may he skate!
Totally agree!
Magnificent!!! Astounding!! The tops!!!
Was this in Russia? Putin is no friend of Israel, pray the young man stays safe.
I don’t think so.
Just to be fair. It was the Russian Grand Prix, held in Russia, a couple of weeks ago, and he ranked second because he had some unfortunate jumps. But the presenters praised him greatly and they even asked the crowd to cheer him.
Also, in the free skating, he performed using the theme song of the Schindler’s List, and he ranked first, again being praised for his emotional performance, matching the theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvd6LIo3Mpk
[One can easily use the English auto-translation of both videos and find out what is being said. It is really interesting.]
Thanks, Sofia, for the update.
Thank you Mark. You are a hero. It takes guts to stick your neck out like that, and even more so since you are not even Jewish.. You have more decency than my Canadian politicians, who just sit back and allow the Moslems to take over everything.