It is with great sadness that I report here the sudden and completely unexpected death, on 5th October, of our friend Vladimir Zaglada. I send my love and condolences to his daughter, Olesya. My thoughts are with the whole family. Vladimir was born in Lvov, Ukraine, in November 1944. His father was a progressive lawyer of great courage who was known to defend those who challenged the Soviet authorities. Vladimir trained as a sports acrobat under the developing Soviet sports system, working in the same club as Olympic champion Viktor Chukarin. After moving to Moscow, he became a leading coach of women's gymnastics, supporting the development of high level acrobatics. He worked particularly closely with the up and coming young gymnasts of the early 1980s - you can see him at work in the video 'You in Gymnastics'. At the national training centre, Lake Krugloye, he worked with Filatova, Mostepanova, Yurchenko, Arzhannikova, Mukhina and more. Around the mid 1980s Vlad
Awwwww Komova so cute!!! I'm glad she showed some positive emotion after what happened. Please don't retire!!!
ReplyDeleteDamn they crowded Musty. When you all get a chance, could this interview be translated as well. This is a new one with Musty and Alexandrov. I admit I was paying more attention to the guy interviewing her :D but still, would love the understand this interview :)
ReplyDeletehere is the link http://www.1tv.ru/sprojects_utro_video/si33/p50360
What did mustafina say in this video ? She seemed annoyed. .
ReplyDeleteI just found this video, with Musty, Komova and Valentina Rodionenko, it's a little over 30 minutes, but can anyone please post a summary of the interview? (if it's to long to translate...)Thanks
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWVnD-A755c