Colorado State University has apologized to Utah State’s Ukrainian junior guard after spectators chanted “Russia” toward him at a men’s basketball game in Fort Collins, Colorado, on Saturday night.
“We became aware that a small group of individuals in our student section chanted ‘Russia’ at a student-athlete from Utah State, who is from the Ukraine. On behalf of Colorado State, we apologize to the student-athlete and Utah State,” the school wrote in a series of tweets early Sunday.
The chant could be heard when Max Shulga, who is from Kyiv, went to the free throw line late in the game.
