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Congratulations, Queen Mustafina!

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Leading gymnasts at today's all around Russian Championships.  Ksenia Afanasyeva (silver); Aliya Mustafina (gold); Anastasia Grishina (bronze)  By kind permission of the Russian Gymnastics Federation
Please see reports of the junior and senior competition results below.

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  1. Anthony21 March 2012 at 20:11

    Gee, what a contrast. Aliya all smiling, Ksenia slightly more serious, and Anastasia... well, my apologies for asking, but does she ever look happy instead of grumpy?

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    1. Queen Elizabeth21 March 2012 at 21:18

      :-) She does have quite a sweet smile. Perhaps her nose was itching or something.

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    2. Anonymous21 March 2012 at 22:31

      she is just looking down. It's like when someone closes their eyes as the photo is taken..can make them look real sleepy or wierd. i'm sure we have all had akward photos taken of us we are just lucky (unless when we get tagged of facebook :P ) that they wont be online for everybody to pick on them.

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    3. Anthony22 March 2012 at 07:49

      I guess this anonymous is lifje on the International Gymnast Forum. ;) No disrespect meant to Anastasia, but I honestly hope to see her smile a bit more often. Now her smile is such a rarity.

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    4. Queen Elizabeth22 March 2012 at 11:19

      Now, now.
      Poor Anastasia - she's only 15 and probably very shy. Russians smile much less frequently that we do in the West - I walk around with a silly smile plastered all over my face, partly to try to make my wrinkles curl in the right direction as I can't afford cosmetic surgery. Nastia doesn't have to worry about that just yet.
      As an entirely optional exercise, I challenge you both to find a lovely photograph of Nastia with a big beautiful smile on her face (there are some), and post a link to it here.

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    5. Queen Elizabeth22 March 2012 at 11:22

      I never ask people to do things I'm not prepared to do myself. So here's a start.

      http://russiangymnasts.net/anastasiya-grishina/pics/11nats/05.jpg

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    6. Lifje22 March 2012 at 17:28

      yes i am (i'm just anonymous here cuz it seemed easier :P )
      anyway i found out what makes her smile! A hug from Queen Elizabeth! http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/404797_320075864701323_100000967355045_929214_283421317_n.jpg

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    7. Anthony22 March 2012 at 18:38

      http://gymnet.org/forum/files/2010_euros_anastasia_grishina_fx_aa_01_172.jpg

      OK, I think this one comes close to a happy looking Grishina.

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  2. Anonymous21 March 2012 at 21:25

    we want to see the same colored medal decorating your neck in London Aliya!

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