Alexandra Boykova, like her partner Dmitry Kozlovsky, has no authority and openly expresses her opinions. The 2020 European champions were remembered for their daring antics and “raw” one-liners. Boykova’s superthesis about “stupid” athletes has also been added to the collection of contradictory sayings. Sasha shared her opinion that these skaters find it easier to skate. And yes, there were similar cases in his practice.
The athletes couldn’t help but pay attention to the lunge. Experts and fans accused her of wanting to offend her main rivals: Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov. The participants in the scandal themselves thought the same. Gallyamov did not tolerate unfounded accusations and responded harshly.
Boykova had to explain herself.
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Boykova revealed the secret of “stupid” skaters
One of the most common stereotypes is that athletes do not have great mental abilities. The fans’ jokes about footballers who suffer head injuries while taking the ball do not stop, just as their fans never tire of being surprised by some of Alina Zagitova’s phrases. There are many examples when athletes behaved ineptly in front of the camera, started talking or simply said something absurd, but you have to understand that working in the media is not their specialty. Most of them, after completing their professional career, begin to devote themselves to self-development: they graduate from prestigious universities, like the same Olympic champion in Pyeongchang, get a job on television and improve their skills. This is really praiseworthy, because there are also many examples of successful careers of athletes in creative industries; it is enough to remember Zagitova’s partner in “Ice Age”, Alexei Yagudin.
However, the issue of “dumb” athletes keeps coming up. This time Alexandra Boykova took it out. The 2020 European champion spoke ambiguously about her teammates and revealed the secret of those whose IQ is not so high.
“There are people who confirm this stereotype. I know many of them. If many thoughts did not interfere with me, I would always skate clean. I’m getting disturbed by my own thoughts. That’s why when you’re stupid, everything is easier. “You don’t believe it,” the skater said in a podcast on the MATCH-POINT YouTube channel.
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Gallyamov responded harshly to Boykova’s attack.
It is very easy to understand Sasha’s message: he gets confused while interpreting elements, when his head fills with unnecessary thoughts. However, Boykova was still condemned for such words, focusing on one specific detail: that she was familiar with “stupid” athletes. Fans who have long known the Boykova/Kozlovsky couple, in which both are acerbic, also caught a hint of their eternal rivals: Mishina and Gallyamov.
Boykova’s jab did not go unanswered: Alexander Gallyamov responded harshly, gracefully putting the figure skater who had blurted out in her place:
“We are often asked what is the secret of our victories? I can’t talk about magic, Tamara Nikolaevna is in charge there, these secrets are not revealed to us. We use the same formula. To win you have to skate stupidly clean,” Gallyamov wrote on his Telegram channel.
Sasha reacted as usual: with the help of a stylistic technique (in this case, lexical repetition) he expressed his indignation, but he did it beautifully and, most importantly, intelligently. Her irony was played as well as Boykova’s nasty advances.
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Boykova was criticized and had to apologize
After this, a wave of criticism hit the skater. Sasha’s former mentor, Tamara Moskvina, refused to comment on the situation, but she also noted that she, in principle, did not want to see such statements. But Tatyana Tarasova did not remain silent:
“When she said there are “dumb” athletes, did she mean she included herself? First, you still need to think carefully and then speak. And you always have to talk about yourself and not about others,” the coach told R-Sport.
Boykova had to answer for her words; He soon apologized to his colleagues and fans:
“With my words I did not want to offend anyone, I was not personal. I answered the question about STEREOTYPES. There are many athletes both on the Russian and international levels who completely refute this stereotype.
If we move specifically to our podcast, we talk about psychology. I have a lot of respect for athletes who have sports intelligence and are able and capable of controlling their thoughts. It is these people who achieve high results. Unfortunately, I still do not have perfect control and shifting skills, which sometimes prevents me from achieving results. This was the main idea of my argument,” he wrote on his social media.
Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky
Photo: Dmitry Golubovich, “Championship”
A new round of confrontation between pairs of champions?
The current situation, in one way or another, marks a new round of confrontation between our two wonderful couples. This time, Boykova decided to start with trash talk, deliberately or unintentionally hurting his main rivals. But I found an answer from Gallyamov, who recently made it very clear that he would not offend himself, his partner or his colleagues. In the media sphere, Gallyamov is gaining strength, while Boykova and Kozlovsky have always been brave and openly expressed their opinions.
The daring antics of Sasha and Dima cannot be told, but what is noteworthy is that almost all of them are related to the confrontation between the champion couples from Tamara Moskvina’s group. Kozlovsky’s victorious cry “online” at the Grand Prix, Boykova’s abandoned accreditation at the World Championship, now also the words about “stupid” athletes – all these are emotions, but at the same time they are also tools of psychological attack.
Boykova and Kozlovsky, after a series of failures, turned to Eteri Tutberidze in the hope of great victories, but were not very satisfied with the results. Mishina and Gallyamov, overcoming the crisis after the Olympic Games, returned to the top of the podium. Now Sasha and Dima are threatening to perform a quadruple launch in the next season, and Nastya and Sasha are quietly working, although, according to their coach, this element is also being prepared for them. If both pairs stabilize Ultra-C, the fight between them will become more intense. Watching sports couples compete will be incredibly exciting. We are looking forward to it!
