“There was tension until the last round” – Kozlovsky on his victory at the Chechen team vault tournament

Figure skater Dmitri Kozlovsky captain of the Blues during the team tournament of the Russian show jumping championship, said the tension was there until the last round.

On Saturday, Kozlovsky’s team won the team tournament of the Russian Show Jumping Championship. She was represented by: Margarita Bazylyuk, Sofia Muravyova, Maria Gordeeva, Lev Lazarev, Evgeny Semenenko, Ivan Popov, Dmitry Aliev, Ekaterina Chikmareva/Matvey Yanchenkov, Alexandra Boykova/Dmitry Kozlovsky.

— The emotions are incredible, it was difficult. I successfully tried myself in a new role. At the end of the tournament, there was a very unpleasant emotion associated with concerns about Lena Kostyleva, who showed a high level of stability and reliability. Eventually something went wrong for her, she fell really hard. On the replay, we saw his arm arch. It was intense to watch.

The tournament will turn out to be very comprehensive. There was tension until the very last lap. We understood that we had a chance to win, we thought about a strategy, betting on the last round, where we designated the strongest athletes. All expectations were met.

I talked a lot about these athletes who competed under the blue flag. But I would like to mention those who were our adversaries. The guys went out, worked as hard as they could, they didn’t give us confidence that the tournament would be easy for us. There was tension and a real competitive spirit,” reports the correspondent, according to Kozlovsky’s words.

The prize money of the team tournament amounted to eight million rubles, of which five went to the winning team.