The Russian Gymnastics Federation has published a new issue of its magazine.
Every time I look at these, I wish I had stuck at my Russian classes ... as things stand, they are a wonderful visual recorder of Russian successes and histories, but I would love to be able to engage more with the deeper things presented here. This issue has a stunning picture of Mustafina on the cover, and inside it a gem ... a piece on Bruno Grandi entitled 'Bruno Grandi : Russian gymnastics is very beautiful!'. It's an interview, so the man speaks for himself. I'd love to know what it says and if I do manage to get into a Google translation or find a translation anywhere that the author doesn't mind me using, I promise to post the findings here.
You will also find an amazing, Facebook-page-worthy picture of the Russian team, all fitted out in best fashion wear, and serving as the topping for a 2011 calendar.
The magazine also includes a feature on Mustafina along with comments from Alexandrov, a look at the life of the doctors on the Russian coaching team (seems to emphasise the relationship between doctors and coaches and how the doctors work hard to get the coaches to follow their advice), and a feature on Evegenyi Podgornyi. Podgornyi, incidentally, comments ruefully that 'no one does the triple back any more'.
Worthy of more than the momentary scan I've been able to give it, and perhaps grappling with the Google translate will reveal more ... I'll let you know once I've finished this huge pile of marking.
Every time I look at these, I wish I had stuck at my Russian classes ... as things stand, they are a wonderful visual recorder of Russian successes and histories, but I would love to be able to engage more with the deeper things presented here. This issue has a stunning picture of Mustafina on the cover, and inside it a gem ... a piece on Bruno Grandi entitled 'Bruno Grandi : Russian gymnastics is very beautiful!'. It's an interview, so the man speaks for himself. I'd love to know what it says and if I do manage to get into a Google translation or find a translation anywhere that the author doesn't mind me using, I promise to post the findings here.
You will also find an amazing, Facebook-page-worthy picture of the Russian team, all fitted out in best fashion wear, and serving as the topping for a 2011 calendar.
The magazine also includes a feature on Mustafina along with comments from Alexandrov, a look at the life of the doctors on the Russian coaching team (seems to emphasise the relationship between doctors and coaches and how the doctors work hard to get the coaches to follow their advice), and a feature on Evegenyi Podgornyi. Podgornyi, incidentally, comments ruefully that 'no one does the triple back any more'.
Worthy of more than the momentary scan I've been able to give it, and perhaps grappling with the Google translate will reveal more ... I'll let you know once I've finished this huge pile of marking.
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