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Russia's WAG team picture - press day
Russia 2 correspondent Dmitri Zanin with Russia's WAG line up (+ Mustafina and Sosnitskaya) at today's press event at Lake Krugloye. The team flies to Glasgow tomorrow.
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The teams are more important than individuals, says Rodionenko
Viktoria Komova receives her team medal at a ceremony last week.Speaking in an interview on the Russian Olympic Association's website, Andrei and Valentina Rodionenko put forward their thoughts on the...
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Russian team predictions from Valentina
Ksenia Afanasyeva in podium training yesterdayReserves are confirmed at this stage as Dmitri Lankin and Evgeniya Shelgunova.Competing AA will be - WAG - Daria Spiridonova and Seda Tutkhalyan; MAG -...
View ArticleStart lists for WAG quals
Available here. http://www.longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000E0001000100FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00As Valentina said, only Spiridonova and Tutkhalyan do AA in this model. Although things can always change...
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Russia leads qualifying (for now)
Molodyets, team! The Russian girls have achieved their aim of qualifying for Rio, the main objective of the World Championships this year. I think it is true to say that they performed somewhat...
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RRG Picture of the Day - Viktoria Komova
I just had to share this. Courtesy of the RGF whose picture galleries give us so much.So glad Viktoria is back. It takes a lot of courage to revive yourself in the public eye.
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Maybe it's the end ...
This is what I was thinking as I watched the slow, sad drift downwards of the Romanian team in the rankings. I hadn't envisaged it happening, and it gave me a feeling of foreboding. Perhaps Russia...
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A hypothetical stance amid nerdy calculations. China come 8th, Hollandthird....
Calculating scores using the 3-3 format of finals produces a slightly different finishing order than today. China take bronze ahead of Britain, Japan takes fifth ahead of Italy, Netherlands jumps...
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Gymnastics can learn from ballet ... Just imagine!
Gymnastics can learn such a lot from ballet. Imagine beam and FX with such wonderful leaps and turns ... And these are on a hard floor!!...
View ArticleThe changing identity of artistic gymnastics - what do you think?
There is a really good comment on my post 'Maybe it's the end'. It is from Cami, and I didn't want it to remain relatively hidden at the bottom of the post as it is full of ideas for discussion....
View ArticleWAG start list
WAG start list, tomorrow 18.39 start #Glasgow2015 http://www.longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000E0001000103FFFFFFFFFFFFFF01GOOD LUCK TO ALL!
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The domino effect - Russia collapses and must rise again
Newcomer Seda Tutkhalyan did well to improve her floor performance for her team.It was a tough competition today for Russia. Put simply, they fell too much for a better outcome. The girls were on a...
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Viktoria Komova - apology
Viktoria wrote some hasty words last night in the heat of the moment. We all have such times, when hurt feelings lead us to behave uncharacteristically. It is not important what she said; it is...
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Start list, WAG AA #glasgow2015
http://www.longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000E0001000101FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02Davai, Seda!
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Aliya Mustafina : knee surgery on 3rd November
World and Olympic Champion, Aliya Mustafina, will travel back to Moscow on the 2nd November, ready for surgery on an injured meniscus in her right knee on the 3rd, head coach Valentina Rodionenko said...
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WAG AA results
Congratulations to all the medalists, including Simone, who wins for the third time winning, Gabrielle, who has completed a comeback after a break since Olympics, and Larissa who overcame a mountain of...
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EF Day 1 start list
Today's start list #glasgow2015 http://www.longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000E0001000002FFFFFFFFFFFFFF01
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Our judges have yet to reach perfection
'Our judges have yet to reach perfection' Leonid Arkayev, 1989, when asked about the number of ties in gymnastics.
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Molodyets, Maria!
Molodyets! Congratulations to Maria Paseka, World Champion on vault! #glasgow2015My best wishes to Giulia for a good recovery.
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World Champions on the uneven bars!
Lovely montage from Maria Kharenkova for World Champions in the uneven bars, Daria Spiridonova and Viktoria Komova. Molodyets! You were the champions of beauty!
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