Russian figure skater Anastasia Mishina, who earlier that day, paired with Alexander Gallyamov, won first place in the free program at the 2022 Olympics team tournament, named the reason for their fall. This was reported on February 7 by the Sport-Express newspaper.
According to her, what happened could be due to an early rise and training at six in the morning.
“Before that, we got up at eight, Sasha even at nine or ten. Trainings were in the afternoon or in the evening. Didn’t wake up. The opponents also had problems because of this, ”Mishina shared.
The athlete also said that she felt when the partner did not hold her at the end of the performance.
“First thoughts after burning? Dive! I hardly laughed, rather, I held my face. Strongly nothing hurts, just hit. There will be bruises, we’ll cover it. The main bruises will be on the face due to lack of sleep, ”said the skater.
Gallyamov, in turn, said that all morning he forced himself to be cheerful, but did not keep Mishina.
Despite the fall, the Russian pair took first place in the free skate at the 2022 Olympic team event earlier that day. For the free program, the Russians received 145.20 points from the judges and brought the ROC team 55 points, strengthening its leadership in the team tournament.
On Monday, the ROC team won the gold medal in the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. Olympic champions were Mark Kondratyuk (men’s single skating), Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov (pair skating), Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov (ice dancing), Kamila Valieva (women’s single skating).
Thus, the Russians climbed to first place in the medal standings of the Olympic Games in Beijing. In addition, the ROC team leads in the number of awards – six (two gold, two silver, two bronze).
A day earlier, skier Alexander Bolshunov took first place in the skiathlon and brought Russia the first gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, his compatriot Denis Spitsov finished second. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Bolshunov on his victory.
The first medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing on February 5 was brought to Russia by skier Natalya Nepryaeva, taking second place in the skiathlon. At the same time, Russian biathletes won third place in the mixed relay and brought Russia a second medal.
The 2022 Olympics are held February 4-20, the Paralympics – March 4-13. The games will be held in three clusters at once – in Beijing (hockey, figure skating, speed skating, curling), Zhangjiakou (biathlon, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, ski jumping) and Yanqing (alpine skiing, bobsleigh, skeleton and luge).