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Olympic Hopefuls competition, Penza, 21st-25th June

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This annual national competition for Russian junior boys and girls will take place in the Burtasy School of Gymnastics, Penza, with the main competitions on the 22nd and 23rd June.  As soon as I find any startlists, results or pictures, I will post links.

Glad to see that my favourite Russian junior, Maria Kharenkova, gold medalist in the team, beam and floor competitions at the recent Junior European Championships, features on the poster!

Courtesy of the RGF

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  1. Anonymous21 June 2012 at 11:54

    Honestly i don't like design of this poster
    Types i horrible done and those painted line weird picture on the left and a lot of starts is way too match
    Happy to see Maria's photo was chosen to represent the competition

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  2. Anonymous21 June 2012 at 20:17

    Hi! I saw from the russian website they announced livestream of the competition :D

    http://sportgymrus.ru/press/news/7774/default.aspx

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  3. M21 June 2012 at 20:22

    Interesting, hope to see videos etc of this. I know very little of the juniors who are coming up in the ranks, and Russia needs more depth in seniors.

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  4. Anonymous21 June 2012 at 21:34

    The last time they had no technical problems with the broadcast video it was obviously a trick
    I wonder what they were trying to hide ?

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    1. Queen Elizabeth22 June 2012 at 14:44

      Did you manage to get access this time round?
      I think that the RGF website just could not cope with the volume of traffic last time ... there are plenty of videos available on Youtube - see my post on results for links.
      ;-)

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    2. Anonymous22 June 2012 at 17:54

      Yeah you are right ! But do not destroy my fantasy about what they were trying to hide something special I need it for the Olympics in case we did not win I'll be the evil that they have not shown that was hidden more than about .....
      In general, I hope it is clear : )

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