"I'm very happy, honestly, I didn't expect to beat Aliya. I figured she'd win because she's been competing for so long. It was only a lead of one tenth, but I'm still very happy that I won? I have been waiting for this a while and hopefully this will be a push for me to continue on."
"We congratulated each other. Aliya said "finally you came out, competed, and won".
"Honestly I never thought I'd be this *famous/good gymnast* because I couldn't do anything and at about 12 years old I wanted to quit and said 'no, I'm done with this' but everyone else was supportive and told me to come back and I came back and everything got better."
"Right now I'm at Lake Krugloye training, the only thing we had energy for is to sleep, maybe read a book, but not for a personal life"
*talks about liking to sew as the only thing she has strength left for outside of training
"Right now my leg is feeling better but I still don't land on hard surfaces, but now after the Russian Cup I'll try to get back on form and get back to hard landings"
"It's possible that right now we need to help the team and with one apparatus it's unlikely I'd help, I need four apparatus. Maybe if I get beam I'll have a chance, but just with bars it's unlikely."
"I don't have one favourite apparatus I like or one I hate. I love all apparatus but sometimes one is training better than others. They're all good on their own."
"My parents, health, and training".
"The girls are very supportive but when I'm performing I can't hear anything, I just do it for myself. But when I dismount I can hear their support and their yelling. Of course I support them too and yell certain corrections to try to help."
"I'm training. That's my victory. Training was my first impetus to be able to compete in the future with full confidence and strength. Overall, it's just... I'm coming back."
See the video at http://youtu.be/e58vugRwzAI