“We went from green beginners to seasoned athletes with such a good set of achievements,” recalled figure skater Gallyamov during the 2022 Olympics.

Figure skater Alexander Galliamov performance in a sporty pair with Anastasia Michina recalled the journey since the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.

As of Monday, February 19, it was exactly two years since Gallyamov and Mishina won bronze medals at the 2022 Olympics in the pairs competition.

— Today is the anniversary of when Anastasia Mishina and I won the first Olympic medal in Beijing.

During this period, we have come a long way from green Olympic beginners to seasoned athletes with such a good set of achievements.

I often remember these moments and understand that I could have done better, that copper could easily have become gold, but what can I do now. These mistakes allowed us to succeed in the team competition and helped us win Olympic gold.

It’s still impossible to win, unless of course your last name is Marciano or Mayweather. But they didn’t have a partner like Mishina or a coach like Moskvina (so be jealous).

This medal was the start of a journey that never stops. “Thank you to everyone who walks with us, to those who look behind us and to those who move forward,” Gallyamov wrote on the Telegram channel.

At the Beijing Olympics, the couple helped the Russian team win gold in the team figure skating tournament, but because of the Kamila Valieva affair, the International Skating Union (ISU) deprived the Russians of gold and awarded them bronze.

Mishina/Gallyamov are world champions (2021), European champions (2022), winners of the world team championship (2021). This season, Mishina and Gallyamov became champions of Russia, winners of two stages of the Russian Grand Prix series and the Spartakiad of the strongest athletes, which became the Grand Prix final.