Russian President Vladimir Putin took a tumble on ice on Friday while waving to adoring fans after playing in an ice hockey game in Sochi.
Putin was participating in the annual exhibition hockey game with former NHL players, playing alongside Russian hockey stars Slava Fetisov and Pavel Bure as well as several Russian governors.
Although his coordination was questionable, his scoring skills were on point as he boasted 8 points for his team.
But despite his stellar aim, all people seem to be talking about is his fall from grace, when he attempted to skate onto some carpet placed on the ice after the match’s conclusion.
An Olympic skater he is not.
Russian President Vladimir Putin took a fall as he waved to the crowd during an ice-hockey game in Sochi. He scored eight goals during the exhibition match in what has become a yearly tradition. https://t.co/x0mN62qQoY [1] pic.twitter.com/l6XCRrwsIB [2]
— ABC News (@ABC) May 10, 2019 [3]
Twitter had a field day:
😬The sheer panic of the two guys who try to prevent Putin from biting it https://t.co/gfVBvfKZNf [4]
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) May 10, 2019 [5]
Man I hope no one gets executed for this..
— David Vroom Von Vroom (@viaozone) May 10, 2019 [6]
Whoever laid out that carpet better be mixing his own drinks for the rest of his life.
— David Pelkey (@pelkinator) May 10, 2019 [7]
The ice was found suffocated in it's home 5 hours later. Russian authorities said no foul play was involved.
— Adam Blas (@Adam_Blas) May 10, 2019 [8]
Putin will ban all cell phone cameras in one week.
— Adam Blas (@Adam_Blas) May 10, 2019 [9]
Soon to turn up dead: A worker in Putin's doping lab who was charged with creating a drug to make Vlad impervious to gravity.
— June Casagrande (@JuneCasagrande) May 10, 2019 [10]
The carpet was immediately sent to the salt mines in Siberia, never to be heard from again.
— @JohnDennisMAFL (@JohnDennisWEEI) May 10, 2019 [11]