Skaters Anastasia Michina And Alexander Galliamov They said that in competitions the result is influenced not by technique, but by psychological stability.
On Sunday, Mishina and Gallyamov won the pairs competition at the fifth stage of the Russian Figure Skating Grand Prix, scoring 239.05 points in the two-program total. Second – Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky (216.35), third – Yasmina Kadyrova and Ilya Mironov (193.32).
Galliamov: Someone already wanted to bury us, and someone the day after yesterday thought there was something wrong with our uniform. But it’s completely normal, such people exist. We didn’t give up, we became even stronger, we simply had no choice. We went out and did our job. It happens that someone skates cleanly, someone falls, it depends on how and who pulls themselves together and copes with the pressure. It is no longer the skill of the elements that decides, but psychology, who will approach the competition with which head. It is also a sport.
Michina: I think the first stage also energized us, we were preparing and were physically confident that everything would go well. We were upset, sporting anger gave us strength.
— Is it easier to attack from the rear, from second place?
Galliamov: We are not rats. (Laughs)
Michina: It’s easier because you practice the free program earlier. Sasha says she doesn’t listen to reviews. I listen but I don’t think it affects me, I just like to hear everything live.
Galliamov: I listen to the evaluations, but in the moment, the memory is three seconds. I hear it, but I immediately forget it.
— Do you still watch Alexandra and Dmitry’s show?
Galliamov: My leg falls, they’re gone. It’s very hot here, but better than during the control skating sessions. It would be difficult to watch standing up; I wanted to sit down.
Michina: After the free program, I want to unlace my laces faster, then we’ll see.
— What is the secret of psychology, why do you manage to survive such moments?
Michina: Every athlete has thoughts: “I can or I can’t, I will fall suddenly, I will lose.” » A strong athlete will say that these are ordinary thoughts, but someone can succumb to emotions and make a mistake. Everyone has this thought in mind.
Galliamov: There are fighters, and someone can put their paw in them.
– Where did they see you being “buried”?
Galliamov: In the vastness of Telegram. It’s normal, everyone has their own opinion, everyone is attached to their favorite athlete. They didn’t write anything like that in their private messages. There was a situation when fans added Lesha Yagudin and me to the chat. He wrote circles for them so that we would be expelled.
— This is the second time that you have lost a short program against your main rivals…
Galliamov: There are still a good number of departures where we will cross paths with our colleagues. A short is an indicator that you can do it, the main thing is to get the competition going. And the main battle takes place in the free program.
Michina: We have lost the track, we will fix it. It’s not a matter of a lot of work, it is necessary to solve it and not make such mistakes, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting the words of the skaters.
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