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Mustafina : 'I'm not tired of victories'

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Mustafina after winning the bronze medal on floor last Tuesday
Lupita translates a Russian press interview with Aliya Mustafina:

After having won the bronze medal in floor, something that she hadn’t expected, Aliya Mustafina became the most titled gymnast of the Russian team at the Olympics!
 
 
- Аliya did you know that?

- I did, and I am very pleased. You know, I never chase medals, but if I win one, I feel like winning more and more...

- But today did you guess that something like that could happen?

- Neither I nor my coach bet on floor. We only wanted to finish the Olympics on a beautiful note. 

- After your victory on bars, you said that the most difficult thing had been to overcome fatigue. If on that day fatigue was already threatening you, it could have “killed” you in the floor finals.

- Тhis is what happened. My feet sank on the floor. But I made myself concentrate!

- I suppose it was difficult to express emotions if your feet were sinking on the floor.

·- I don’t agree with you. Precisely, I was very pleased with my performance emotionally speaking. I lived those moments with delight.

 - You didn’t watch the Olympic champion Isbaza’s performance. She was the one who could leave you without a medal!

- I didn’t watch her. What for? I had done everything I could. If I had finished in fourth place, I wouldn’t have been at all disappointed.

- In London the same thing happened twice to you. With the same score, the medal went to you. This happened in the All Around, and now the Italian Ferrari is in absolute hysterics...

- In those situations the judges take into account the execution score. Mine was higher than Ferrari’s. 

- Rumour has it that you are going to quit after the Olympics. Is it true?

- Who’s said that? On the contrary, I want to continue. I won’t say anything about the Rio Olympics, we’ll see because that’s long–term guessing. In general, I would like to go to Rio. And I would like to compete and win during the next years, I’m not tired of victories. I think that all this is just starting for me. So I’m very serious about it!
 
 
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  1. M11 August 2012 at 22:53

    Again, thanks for the translations.

    I am happy she will continue. I wonder how long, if she does well she can aim for RIO. It's nice she will continue.

    She has gotten so many new fans because of Olympics, and I don't think she realizes that, lol.

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  2. Anonymous12 August 2012 at 20:19

    Mustafina still has so much to give in gymnastics. I think that we will see her back even stronger next year. Would that both Mustafina sisters could have made it to London 2012.

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  3. Anonymous13 August 2012 at 16:53

    I'm glad that she's staying. Also, with the downgrade of Amanar, she can just concentrate on her Mustafina vault since its d score will still be 6.1.

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