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Aliya Mustafina - 'I'm glad we didn't hit'
Speaking on the Nanning official website, Aliya Mustafina had a few words to say about the day's competition:On being in the first Subdivision:“That was our strategy, to go first and have it over and...
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Something about this team ...
There is something about this team I like ... Not that I think they are likely to win masses of medals or anything. Something more than that. It's a very balanced team, each gymnast brings something...
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Mustafina: I like to help the team
Olympic champion in the 2012 Games in London Aliya Mustafina Russian woman shared her impressions of the team competition at the World Championships Gymnastics in Nanning (China), in which the Russian...
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Kharenkova - I trained in pain
Speaking in an interview with Allsport today, European beam champion Maria Kharenkova, who contributed Russia's highest beam score today of 15.033, revealed that a leg injury hampered her preparations...
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Latynina says Rodionenko is 'fundamentally wrong' about Russia'sinjuries
Larissa Latynina, Olympic Champion in 1956 and 1969, former national coach during the 1970s, and for many years a strong supporter of the Russian team, has spoken to Sportbox about the Russian team....
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UPDATE 2 : Rodionenko comments : Mustafina unwell for AA final
Speaking directly after the team competition today, Aliya was quoted on the Nanning website : On her expectations for the women’s all-around final:“I did not expect anything. I put too much of myself...
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Insomnia and uncertainty - drama or crisis in Russian women'sgymnastics?
It is 4 am in London, and I am awake, thinking about the uncertainties and worries of the previous 24 hours. Primary amongst them is one that I live mostly vicariously, through the voice of this blog....
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Sheer delight :-)
These are really poor photos I took of Aliya in my IPad, off the TV. But they capture the delight of the moment - an 11th career World Championships medal, bronze on floor, for our Queen, who is one...
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Review of Russian WAG at the 2014 World Championships
The Russians during a team talk in training for the World Championships. Courtesy RGFBronze all the way for Russia then. Beyond the euphoria and surprise of this morning's competition there doesn't...
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Interviews - Mustafina and Khorkina
There have been lots of requests for translations of these two recent interviews - and I will be publishing them here, to keep the record comprehensive (thanks for permission to Lauren Cammenga,...
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Vasily Titov elected President of the RGF
Vasily Titov is First Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board of Russia's VTB BankSports Minister Mutko has confirmed the election of Vasily Titov to the position of President of the RGF....
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Women's artistic gymnastics at a turning point - revisited
Elena Produnova, whose powerful gymnastics was performed with great virtuosityApparently, Bruno Grandi has been considering his own future, and recently announced that he would not be standing for...
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Balandin, Garibov, back to training in January
MAG team captain, Emin Garibov, will return to full training in January after a break to rehabilitate a shoulder injuryAlbert Starobutsev of Tass has confirmed via an interview with head coach Valeri...
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A new framework for evaluating the aesthetic
1988 Olympic Champion Shushunova, a power gymnast with artistry, who scored three tens in the team final in Seoul.In 2006 the Code of Points was overhauled and changed, almost beyond recognition to the...
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Aliya Mustafina: 'I love children too much to be a coach' -...
Aliya Mustafina at a recent event to celebrate Gymnastics Day in Moscow. Courtesy RGF.Via Sports Express : http://www.sport-express.ru/velena/reviews/50647/This is a summary/paraphrase of the original...
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'You are in gymnastics' - now with English subtitles
I woke this morning to find a message from Caroline Teiler telling me about a new, English language subtitled, version of the iconic 1978 Soviet documentary 'You Are In Gymnastics', available on...
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RUSSIAN GYMNASTICS NEEDS ...
Leonid Arkayev!WHO ELSE DOES RUSSIAN GYMNASTICS NEED?Your vote, readers!
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Mustafina travels to Germany for back treatment
Picture of Aliya courtesy of her personal Instagram accountMustafina will skip the World Cup in Glasgow because of back problemsSource:...
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Aliya Mustafina update - treatment will last 7 to 10 days
A report of 3rd December provides more information on Aliya's back treatment in Germany. Aliya will stay in Munich for 7 to 10 days and will decide when to resume training on her return to Moscow. It...
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