Alexander Gallyamov: “It’s a shame our girls couldn’t open up. I think they will be better prepared for the next European Show Jumping Championships.

Figure skater Alexander Galliamov captain of the “reds” in the team tournament of the Russian show jumping championship, said that not all the girls in his team were able to open up.

Gallyamov’s team took second place in the team tournament of the Russian Show Jumping Championship. She was represented by: Adelia Petrosyan, Elena Kostyleva, Ekaterina Koltsova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Arseny Fedotov, Vladislav Dikidzhi, Pyotr Gumennik, Elizaveta Osokina/Artem Gritsaenko, Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Gallyamov.

“I can’t express how cool that was.” The whole intrigue unfolded in the final round, when the skaters performed five cascade jumps. It is quite difficult to predict who will cross this waterfall and how. It was a great tournament and it was a great honor for me to be captain of the team. It was very unpleasant and insulting that Lena Kostyleva fell so painfully. I saw that the doctors quickly froze her. I think everything will be fine.

In previous tournaments, it was mainly the red teams who won. But now the hegemony has been interrupted. Let’s see what happens next. This is my second time in the Reds team, I have a victory.

The criteria were pretty much the same as last year. It’s a shame that not everyone followed the rules. We gave Sena Fedotov 10 points less because he repeated the combination. Thanks to Alexandre Ilyich Kogan for quickly suggesting the regulation. I then approached Lena Kostyleva and told her that there was no need to do the second combination, you needed a stunt.

—Who would you name as your team’s MVP?

— Well done everyone, everyone did their best. It’s hard to tell anyone apart. It’s a shame our girls can’t open up. Nothing, I think they will be better prepared for the next Russian Show Jumping Championship, they will know the rules so as not to make mistakes. I congratulated everyone, congratulated everyone.

— Reports have emerged that the teams should have been called differently.

— There were ideas for team names. But then they said there would be a Gallyamov team and a Kozlovsky team. “I was surprised,” reports a correspondent.