“I showed the Americans my vision of the situation. And honestly, I wanted to defuse the situation.” – Gallyamov about his joke about the Americans

Russian figure skater Alexander Galliamov told that with his joke about the Americans he simply showed his view of the situation and wanted to defuse the tense situation.

At the Beijing Olympics, the Anastasia Mishina/Gallyamov pair 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. The Americans won gold. Gallyamov published an article on social networks in which he compared the athletes of the American team with the participants of the reality show “Dom-2”.

— You joked sharply about the medals sent by mail to Americans and Canadians.

“The Americans had their own vision of the situation. I showed my vision. I showed how I personally see it. And, to be honest, I wanted to defuse all the intensity of the passions that reigned in the space.

— Have you received any reactions to your messages from skaters?

— The guys came out and said openly that this post was a total deal breaker. We happened to be sitting at lunch and someone started remembering a joke.

—And foreigners?

“Telegram still has a larger Russian audience, fewer foreigners, I haven’t received any reactions from them,” Gallyamov told .