There is a long and interesting interview with the Rodienenkos in Sovietski Sport today.
The Google translation is rather difficult to make complete sense of but the interview addresses the prospects for the Russian team at the 2012 Olympics (they are targetting six medals: two golds, two silvers, two bronzes); discusses the reasons for the Russian team's improved performance and the different rates of recovery between the men's and women's teams; and relations with Leonid Arkayev, who apparently is much more relaxed and happy now. When discussing the performance of Aliya Mustafina, Rodienenko emphasises that her immediate future revolves around training and competing, not celebrity performances and modelling!
They were keen to emphasise that they returned to Russia as they were, fundamentally, homesick. Alexandrov's family has remained in the United States and he now has an American passport. The coaches do not work in Russia for the money, but because they wish to contribute to something larger.
The Google translation is rather difficult to make complete sense of but the interview addresses the prospects for the Russian team at the 2012 Olympics (they are targetting six medals: two golds, two silvers, two bronzes); discusses the reasons for the Russian team's improved performance and the different rates of recovery between the men's and women's teams; and relations with Leonid Arkayev, who apparently is much more relaxed and happy now. When discussing the performance of Aliya Mustafina, Rodienenko emphasises that her immediate future revolves around training and competing, not celebrity performances and modelling!
They were keen to emphasise that they returned to Russia as they were, fundamentally, homesick. Alexandrov's family has remained in the United States and he now has an American passport. The coaches do not work in Russia for the money, but because they wish to contribute to something larger.
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