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Russian National Championships for women - Penza

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Official poster for this year's Russian Championships, courtesy of the RGF
 The Russian Championships for women will take place in Penza over the coming days.  The competition will give some indication of who might be going to the forthcoming European Championships in Brussels.  So far the RGF has mentioned that Mustafina, Afanasyeva, Dementieva, Belokobylskaya and Inshina are competing, although we have no news of Viktoria Komova.  Tatiana Nabieva will almost certainly be there.

Details and media links can be found on the Russian Gymnastics Federation site, along with a competition schedule which Nora kindly translated for the All Around Forum:

19 March arrival
20 March podium training (10 am - 2:30 pm juniors; 3 -7:30 pm seniors)
21 March CI & CIV juniors 10 am - 2:30 pm; CI & CII seniors 4 - 8:30 pm
22 March C IV seniors 4-6 pm
23 March C II juniors 2:30 - 4 pm Candidates; 4 - 5:30 pm Masters
24 March CIII (V & UB ) juniors & seniors 11 am- 1 pm
25 March CIII (BB & FX ) juniors & seniors 11 am- 1 pm

The men's championships will take place from 4th to 8th April.


Good luck to everyone!  Have a good, safe competition!
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  1. Anonymous19 March 2012 at 12:25

    Komova herself said she is not going :(
    Ahh i'm soo exited to hear how the girls are doing!

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  2. Queen Elizabeth19 March 2012 at 12:36

    Thanks for your comment.
    I know that it has been reported on some of the forums that someone with a Sprashivai account in Vika's name has said (a) that she isn't going and (b) that it is because she is recovering from minor surgery - but this is not official and we do not know how reliable the information is.
    I will post any information from official sources.

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  3. Anonymous20 March 2012 at 12:58

    thank you so much for the update! any results or videos would be very much appreciated by those of us who follow Russian gymnastics abroad.

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  4. Queen Elizabeth20 March 2012 at 18:10

    Thanks for the encouragement. I'll do my best to keep you up to date with everything I hear. There is now news available on the health of Komova, Dementieva and Mustafina which you'll be able to read in my updates.
    We'll have a new Russian Champion this week, which is exciting!
    I'd love to see Belokobylskaya do well - she is such a beautiful gymnast and I think she has hidden potential and personality.

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  5. Anonymous20 March 2012 at 18:30

    yes (i posted the first comment) i know that it's better to be careful with info online but i asked Alan Owen who runs the girls Official facebook pages if it's really her and he said that he asked and that it's her. But of course it's hard to be 100% sure, just wanted to let you know

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  6. Queen Elizabeth20 March 2012 at 19:39

    Thanks for taking the care and do please keep commenting -I'm sure readers appreciate the info even if I have to wait for official confirmation before I post it in the main blog.
    Thanks again!

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