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Russia Cup live streaming/WAG start list

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I'm pleased to confirm that the Russian Gymnastics Federation is providing live streaming for the important Russia Cup competition.  Go to the RGF website and follow the link, which will be in red when the transmission is live (if you can read Cyrillic the word you are looking for is 'translatsya').  The second session of the women's competition (tomorrow) will begin at 2.45 Penza time.

Start lists for today's competition (MAG) and tomorrow's (WAG) have been released at the website also.  I am providing an image of the WAG Olympic selection squad's working order below.  Of particular note is Anastasia Grishina, who will be performing on bars only due to leg pain.  Thus with the exception of Grishina,  Maria Paseka and Tatiana Nabieva, who will both present on bars and vault only, all other national squad members will compete all four pieces of apparatus.  Head coach Andrei Rodionenko has said that at the Olympics the WAG selection strategy will focus on team qualification and team finals rather than on event specialists, as at the European Championships.  He mentions Viktoria Komova as being in 'optimal' form.

This will be the first time that Komova and returning World Champion Aliya Mustafina will meet head to head this year.  We will also have a chance to see whether Ksenia Afanasyeva and Anna Dementyeva have regained form after problems with illness and injury earlier in the year.






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  1. M12 June 2012 at 18:51

    Awesome thanks for posting. Will do my best to try and find the live feed, lol.

    I am going to try and convert Penza time into Eastern time so I know what time the women are going.

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  2. Anonymous12 June 2012 at 20:12

    I am so excited I can barely contain it. I worked my work schedule around this competition. GO RUSSIA.

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  3. Anonymous12 June 2012 at 20:14

    Please can you write the link to the live streaming. That would be extremely helpful but don't worry if not. Thank you.

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    1. Queen Elizabeth12 June 2012 at 21:09

      www.sportgymrus.ru/press/news/7738/default.aspx

      Hope it works!! Good luck.

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  4. Anonymous12 June 2012 at 20:21

    Who do you think will show their Amanar?

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  5. Queen Elizabeth12 June 2012 at 21:11

    Hmmmm ... Paseka. Not Nabieva. Sidorova?
    I think Komova will not show hers.
    What do you think?

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  6. M12 June 2012 at 21:17

    I think Paseka. Nabieva did it poorly when she was in shape, I doubt she will be doing it better now. I don't think either Komova or Mustafina will be showing theirs. I would have liked one of them to learn the Cheng, I prefer the Cheng to the Amanar.

    I am not sure they will show their full routines at this meet, at least I hope not.

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  7. Anonymous12 June 2012 at 21:49

    WAG is tomorrow, right? I just want to be sure I'm not missing any videos.

    I would love if you could do update on how the competition is going. Love the new look.

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    1. Anonymous13 June 2012 at 09:28

      Today will be women's team finals
      16.45 - 18.30
      Compare to you re country time : )

      14.06.2012 Mag All around
      16.30-19.00

      15.06.2012 Wag All around
      16.30-18.30

      16.06.2012 Mag and Wag events
      12.00-16.10

      17.06.2012 Mag and Wag events
      13.00-15.20

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