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| Evgeniya Shelgunova, who progresses to senior international eligibility this year and is the only gymnast of her age on the Russian national team. |
For the women, it is a transitional year, with many of those who matured at or before the London Olympic Games still on the national team, and no retirements announced. This year, the Russians need gymnasts for the Universiade (gymnasts age 18+), World and European Championships (16+) and European Youth Olympics (14+). The expected post Olympic retirements are likely to be postponed until after the Universiade, which is taking place in Russia (Kazan) this summer. So the team this year appears rich and full of strength in depth, but it remains to be seen how many will continue competing beyond the end of 2013.
New to the senior team is 1998 born Maria Kharenkova who will train this year alongside the seniors before progressing to full senior competitive eligibility in 2014. 1997 born Evgeniya Shelgunova went through the same introductory period last year and is expected to qualify for major senior competition this year, while 1996 born Polina Federova appears on the senior national team listing for the very first time. The senior reserve team includes former World Championships team members - for example, Kramarenko, Belokobylskaya and Myzdrikova - and also many of the burgeoning youngsters from last year's Junior Europeans, most noteably, Viktoria Kuzmina, Ekaterina Baturina and Yulia Tipaeva. Do not forget that Maria Paseka made the final Olympic team from a starting point on the national reserve last year.
The senior men's team seems less altered, perhaps reflecting the longer competitive lifespan of male gymnasts, but in the senior reserve and junior ranks we see the progression of such gymnasts as Grigori Zyrianov, Sergei Stepanov, Artur Dalolyan and Ivan Stretovich who have all performed well in local junior competition over the past years.
Go-Tribe has transcribed the list (see below) and has also developed the most amazing resource at her website, Videos of Russian Gymnasts, where you can find the list with links to videos of all the gymnasts, where they exist.
National Team members:
Senior Team members:
Ksenia Afanasyeva/Ксения Афанасьева
Kristina Gorunova/Кристина Горюнова
Anastasia Grishina/Анастасия Гришина
Anna Dementieva/Анна Дементьева
Yulia Inshina/Юлия Иньшина
Viktoria Komova/Виктория Комова
Aliya Mustafina/Алия Мустафина
Tatiana Nabieva/Татьяна Набиева
Maria Paseka/Мария Пасека
Anna Rodionova/Анна Родионова
Anastasia Sidorova/Анастасия Сидорова
Polina Fedorova / Полина Федорова
Maria Kharenkova/Мария Харенкова
Evgenia Shelgunova/Евгения Шелгунова
Denis Ablyazin/Денис Аблязин
Aleksandr Balandin/Александр Баландин
David Belyavskii/Давид Белявский
Emin Garibov/Эмин Гарибов
Nikita Ignatev/Никита Игнатьев
Daniil Kazachkov/Даниил Казачков
Nikolai Kuksenkov/Николай Куксенков
Nikita Lezhankin/Никита Лежанкин
Igor Pakhomenko/Игорь Пахоменко
Konstantin Pluzhnikov/Константин Плужников
Aleksei Rostov/Алексей Ростов
Pavel Russinyak/Павел Руссиняк
Dmitrii Stolyarov/Дмитрий Столяров
Andrei Cherkasov/Андрей Черкасов
Senior Reserve:
Ekaterina Baturina/Екатерина Батурина
Yulia Belokobylskaya/Юлия Белокобыльская
Olga Bikmurzina/Ольга Бикмурзина
Ekaterina Kramarenko / Екатерина Крамаренко
Viktoria Kuzmina/Виктория Кузьмина
Anastasia Marchuk/Анастасия Марчук
Anna Myzdrikova/Анна Мыздрикова
Alla Sosnitskaya/Алла Сосницкая
Yulia Tipaeva/Юлия Типаева
Dmitrii Gogotov/Дмитрий Гоготов
Grigorii Ziryanov/Григорий Зырянов
Kirill Ignatenkov/Кирилл Игнатенков
Nikolai Kovinov/Николай Ковинов
Mikhail Kudashov/Михаил Кудашов
Pavel Pavlov/Павел Павлов
Kirill Prokopev/Кирилл Прокопьев
Maksim Khodykin/Максим Ходыкин
Sergei Khorokhordin/Сергей Хорохордин
Junior:
Elena Alekseenko/Елена Алексеенко
Anastasia Belova/Анастасия Белова
Yulia Birulya/Юлия Бирюля
Maria Bondareva/Мария Бондарева
Anastasia Dmitrieva/Анастасия Дмитриева
Evgenia Zhukova/Евгения Жукова
Natalia Kapitonova/Наталья Капитонова
Evgenia Korolkova/Евгения Королькова
Kristina Levshina/Кристина Левшина
Daria Mikhailova/Дарья Михайлова
Ekaterina Sokova/Екатерина Сокова
Daria Spiridonova/Дарья Спиридонова
Polina Spirina/Полина Спирина
Yulia Chemareva/Юлия Чемарева
Viktor Britan/Виктор Британ
Evgenii Vasilev/Евгений Васильев
Shamil Gatiyatov/Шамиль Гатиятов
Artur Dalaloyan/Артур Далалоян
Ilya Kibartas/Илья Кибартас
Andrei Lagutov/Андрей Лагутов
Igor Lemeshenko/Игорь Лемешенко
Boris Lozhkin/Борис Ложкин
Vladislav Polyashov/Владислав Поляшов
Kirill Potapov/Кирилл Потапов
Valentin Starikov/Валентин Стариков
Sergei Stepanov/Сергей Степанов
Ivan Stretovich/Иван Стретович
Ivan Tikhonov/Иван Тихонов
Junior Reserve:
Raisa Batyrova/Раиса Батырова
Olga Kalashnikova/Ольга Калашникова
Viktoria Rezakova/Виктория Резакова
Daria Skripnik/Дарья Скрыпник
Seda Tutkhalyan/Седа Тутхалян
Alexandra Yazidzhyan/Александра Языджян
Kristina Yaroshenko/Кристина Ярошенко
Aleksandr Bogatiryev/Александр Богатырев
Sergei Eltsov/Сергей Ельцов
Mansur Zaripov/Мансур Зарипов
Vladislav Kozin/Владислав Козин
Dmitrii Lankin/Дмитрий Ланкин
Nikita Nagornii/Никита Нагорный
Nikolai Shadurkin/Николай Шадуркин
Youth:
Lilia Akhaimova/Лилия Ахаимова
Viktoria Bykova/Виктория Быкова
Elena Eremina/Елена Еремина
Ekaterina Ilyankova/Екатерина Ильянкова
Maria Iontef/Мария Ионтеф
Anastasia Kuznetsova/Анастасия Кузнецова
Elena Likhodolskaya/Елена Лиходольская
Angelina Melnikova/Ангелина Мельникова
Elena Oganesyan/Елена Оганесян
Tatiana Ruzhova/Татьяна Рыжова
Yulia Sushkova/Юлия Сушкова
Ekaterina Tishkova/Екатерина Тишкова
Alena Chernova/Алена Чернова
Anastasia Shlenkina/Анастасия Шленкина
Artem Arnaut/Артем Арнаут
Nikita Vasilev/Никита Васильев
Aleksandr Glukhov/Александр Глухов
Insaf Idiyatulin/Инсаф Идиятулин
Aleksei Kaneseev/Алексей Канесеев
Kirill Kozin/Кирилл Козин
Denis Kolpakov/Денис Колпаков
Nikita Letnikov/Никита Летников
Andrei Makolov/Андрей Маколов
Maksim Sinichkin/Максим Синичкин
Aleksandr Sychugov/Александр Сычугов
Marat Khabibullin/Марат Хабибуллин
Mikhail Khudchenko/Михаил Худченко
Denis Yurov/Денис Юров