Happy smiling face of Maria Kharenkova, courtesy RGF
Maria talks to Allsport
I am very pleased. However, I had expected silver, because I thought that I would not beat the Romanian Larisa Iordache.
But I was able to do a good routine and surpass her. Beam is my best apparatus (smiles).
... I enjoyed it. This was the first time I had performed at a major competition, so it was not very easy. The rivals are very strong and have lots of difficulty. For this reason we were nervous, and didn't perform very confidently in the team championship.
[She suggests that she made too many errors]
The first priority, I think, will be to improve my start value on bars. On beam my SV is good, I just need to work on cleanliness and correct errors that occur to be more confident. On the floor, too, must be added more acrobatics, I will learn new elements and improve my start value.