Valentina Rodionenko reports that the men's team is in full training at Lake Krugloye. Denis Ablyazin hasn't needed a break and is training 'at full strength' - (and if you subscribe to his Instagram account you will see him practising routines on p bars and high bar). David Belyavski joined training a little late, as he has been abroad on his honeymoon.
Maria Paseka is returning to training on the 4th December after taking treatment for a back injury. Rodionenko says that Aliya Mustafina is excused training for the time being - Liubov Baladzhaeva helped with the translation here. Apparently the gymnasts, as salaried athletes, cannot just take time off without permission from the Federation. I understand that this means no change to Aliya's competitive status, ie she will not be training or competing for the time being, until such time as she gets bored and decides she wants to make a comeback! From her Instagram account, Aliya is currently suffering from a cold and has adopted a ginger kitten
:-). Husband Alexei, an international bobsleigh athlete, is in Canada for a competition.The picture is courtesy of the gymnastics group at vk.com, and seems to be the current WAG team, minus Maria Paseka and with some of the personal coaches. I'd be grateful for some help in identifying who all the people are.
Clockwise from back left - ? Sergei Denisovich, Angelina Melnikova, Marina Bulashenko, ?, Vera Kiryashova, Tatiana Fomkina, ? Daria Spiridonova, Seda Tutkhalyan.
Front row, l to r - Marina Ulyankina, ?, ?, ?Maria? Perebinisova, Elena Eremina, ?, Anastasia Ilyankova, Daria Skrypnik, Evgeniya Shelgunova, Lilia Akhaimova.