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2011 National Team Announced

Alan at Aliya Mustafina Online has alerted us to a link at the Federation's website including a full list of the women's national team. Amongst those eligible for competition at senior international level this year for the first time will be Komova, Paseka, Malikova. This significantly strengthens the selection squad available for this year's competitions.

Senior national team:

Ksenia Afanasyeva
Yulia Belokobylskaya
Anna Dementyeva
Yulia Inshina
Viktoria Komova
Ekaterina Kurbatova
Violetta Malikova
Ramilia Musina
Aliya Mustafina
Anna Myzdrikova
Tatiana Nabieva
Maria Paseka
Diana Sapronova
Ksenia Semenova


Reserve Gymnasts:

Anastasia Grishina
Maria Dunaeva
Kristina Kruglikova
Irina Sazonova
Anastasia Sidorova
Tatiana Solovyova
Maria Stepanova

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