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Requena89's videos of the Russian team training in Mallorca

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A few days ago I posted a link to a video of Maria Paseka training tumbling and bars, crediting the video to the Maria Paseka fan page on Facebook.  In fact the video was produced by Esther, or Requena89 on Youtube, who has since posted a whole collection of wonderful videos of the Russian team, including Dementyeva, Nabieva, Komova and Mustafina. 

Do take the time to visit Esther's Youtube channel to view these videos, which are giving arise to much speculation as to the possible content of the gymnasts' routines in the coming year!  And many thanks Esther, for taking the time to record, edit and post these valuable video records!

The team who travelled to Mallorca included Tatiana Nabiyeva, Alyona Polyan, Maria Paseka, Viktoria Komova, Anna Dementyeva, Yulia Belokobylskaya, Yulia Inshina, Aliya Mustafina and, some sources are saying, Anna Rodionova.  But no Ksenia Afanasyeva who seems currently to be involved in some extra mural political activity, and no Anastasia Grishina, who holidayed privately with her mother following minor leg surgery.  

Anna Dementyeva is scheduled to appear at competition in Mexico in October and Aliya Mustafina has just announced her intention to appear at a Gymnastics Gala in Antwerp in December in addition to the World Cup competition in Stuttgart this autumn. 


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  1. R.24 September 2012 at 14:33

    Wonder what will be the future of Grishina in the Russian team...

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  2. M24 September 2012 at 19:04

    I wonder if Ksenia will return. I like when gymnasts actually do something else with their lives once their done and not stick to coaching. Not sure about the political thing for her, but she wants to help her hometown and that is great.

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    1. R.24 September 2012 at 22:49

      I agree, gymnastics careers are usually over so quickly that it is nice to see former gymnasts being successful outside of the gymnastics sphere even after they have retired. But it must not always be easy - maybe easier in the US because of NCAA, but I think for example the Chinese gymnasts find it hard to move on to university etc because they are further behind in their education after all those years of almost nothing but training.

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