Sergei Starkin, then coach to Denis Ablyazin and now coach to both Denis and Aliya Mustafina, at the 2012 Olympics. Courtesy of the RGF The latest news, that Aliya Mustafina now has a personal coach - not just a personal coach, one of Russia's best coaches, Sergei Starkin - was only released yesterday. Since then we have heard from Vladimir Zaglada on the implications of this change - and now Sergei Starkin himself has spoken to Natalia Kalugina. The following English language summary of the article is as close as I can get to the original, though please be aware that I will have to paraphrase where the translation isn't clear; this is not a word for word translation. Back in early December, when Aliya Mustafina turned to Sergei Starkin and asked him to work with her, there was talk about why a men's coach should work in the women's sport. This is despite the fact that Starkin began his professional life as a women's coach. His best known gymnast
There were beautiful pics. It was nice to see them in a different environment. I wonder why Nabs was outside, lol.
ReplyDeleteBTW here is an interview with Ksenia's coach, of course I have a vague idea because of google translate but we all know how that is, lol
http://summer.sport-express.ru/gymnastics/reviews/23260/
We need Lupita (sorry if I spelled wrong name) to translate that article. We all want to know what Marina says. We see her all the time with the gymnasts at competition. We barely get to know this coach. I believe she will be the main coach in London as well. I hope we get a translation soon :)
ReplyDeleteLupita is abroad at present on business. Let's wait and see if she has time to do a translate on her return.
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