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| Evgeniya Shelgunova, who progresses to senior international eligibility this year and is the only gymnast of her age on the Russian national team. |
For the women, it is a transitional year, with many of those who matured at or before the London Olympic Games still on the national team, and no retirements announced. This year, the Russians need gymnasts for the Universiade (gymnasts age 18+), World and European Championships (16+) and European Youth Olympics (14+). The expected post Olympic retirements are likely to be postponed until after the Universiade, which is taking place in Russia (Kazan) this summer. So the team this year appears rich and full of strength in depth, but it remains to be seen how many will continue competing beyond the end of 2013.
New to the senior team is 1998 born Maria Kharenkova who will train this year alongside the seniors before progressing to full senior competitive eligibility in 2014. 1997 born Evgeniya Shelgunova went through the same introductory period last year and is expected to qualify for major senior competition this year, while 1996 born Polina Federova appears on the senior national team listing for the very first time. The senior reserve team includes former World Championships team members - for example, Kramarenko, Belokobylskaya and Myzdrikova - and also many of the burgeoning youngsters from last year's Junior Europeans, most noteably, Viktoria Kuzmina, Ekaterina Baturina and Yulia Tipaeva. Do not forget that Maria Paseka made the final Olympic team from a starting point on the national reserve last year.
The senior men's team seems less altered, perhaps reflecting the longer competitive lifespan of male gymnasts, but in the senior reserve and junior ranks we see the progression of such gymnasts as Grigori Zyrianov, Sergei Stepanov, Artur Dalolyan and Ivan Stretovich who have all performed well in local junior competition over the past years.
Go-Tribe has transcribed the list (see below) and has also developed the most amazing resource at her website, Videos of Russian Gymnasts, where you can find the list with links to videos of all the gymnasts, where they exist.
National Team members:
Senior Team members:
Ksenia Afanasyeva/ŠŃŠµŠ½ŠøŃ ŠŃŠ°Š½Š°ŃŃŠµŠ²Š°
Kristina Gorunova/ŠŃŠøŃŃŠøŠ½Š° ŠŠ¾ŃŃŠ½Š¾Š²Š°
Anastasia Grishina/ŠŠ½Š°ŃŃŠ°ŃŠøŃ ŠŃŠøŃŠøŠ½Š°
Anna Dementieva/ŠŠ½Š½Š° ŠŠµŠ¼ŠµŠ½ŃŃŠµŠ²Š°
Yulia Inshina/Š®Š»ŠøŃ ŠŠ½ŃŃŠøŠ½Š°
Viktoria Komova/ŠŠøŠŗŃŠ¾ŃŠøŃ ŠŠ¾Š¼Š¾Š²Š°
Aliya Mustafina/ŠŠ»ŠøŃ ŠŃŃŃŠ°ŃŠøŠ½Š°
Tatiana Nabieva/Š¢Š°ŃŃŃŠ½Š° ŠŠ°Š±ŠøŠµŠ²Š°
Maria Paseka/ŠŠ°ŃŠøŃ ŠŠ°ŃŠµŠŗŠ°
Anna Rodionova/ŠŠ½Š½Š° Š Š¾Š“ŠøŠ¾Š½Š¾Š²Š°
Anastasia Sidorova/ŠŠ½Š°ŃŃŠ°ŃŠøŃ Š”ŠøŠ“Š¾ŃŠ¾Š²Š°
Polina Fedorova / ŠŠ¾Š»ŠøŠ½Š° Š¤ŠµŠ“Š¾ŃŠ¾Š²Š°
Maria Kharenkova/ŠŠ°ŃŠøŃ Š„Š°ŃŠµŠ½ŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Evgenia Shelgunova/ŠŠ²Š³ŠµŠ½ŠøŃ ŠØŠµŠ»Š³ŃŠ½Š¾Š²Š°
Denis Ablyazin/ŠŠµŠ½ŠøŃ ŠŠ±Š»ŃŠ·ŠøŠ½
Aleksandr Balandin/ŠŠ»ŠµŠŗŃŠ°Š½Š“Ń ŠŠ°Š»Š°Š½Š“ŠøŠ½
David Belyavskii/ŠŠ°Š²ŠøŠ“ ŠŠµŠ»ŃŠ²ŃŠŗŠøŠ¹
Emin Garibov/ŠŠ¼ŠøŠ½ ŠŠ°ŃŠøŠ±Š¾Š²
Nikita Ignatev/ŠŠøŠŗŠøŃŠ° ŠŠ³Š½Š°ŃŃŠµŠ²
Daniil Kazachkov/ŠŠ°Š½ŠøŠøŠ» ŠŠ°Š·Š°ŃŠŗŠ¾Š²
Nikolai Kuksenkov/ŠŠøŠŗŠ¾Š»Š°Š¹ ŠŃŠŗŃŠµŠ½ŠŗŠ¾Š²
Nikita Lezhankin/ŠŠøŠŗŠøŃŠ° ŠŠµŠ¶Š°Š½ŠŗŠøŠ½
Igor Pakhomenko/ŠŠ³Š¾ŃŃ ŠŠ°Ń Š¾Š¼ŠµŠ½ŠŗŠ¾
Konstantin Pluzhnikov/ŠŠ¾Š½ŃŃŠ°Š½ŃŠøŠ½ ŠŠ»ŃŠ¶Š½ŠøŠŗŠ¾Š²
Aleksei Rostov/ŠŠ»ŠµŠŗŃŠµŠ¹ Š Š¾ŃŃŠ¾Š²
Pavel Russinyak/ŠŠ°Š²ŠµŠ» Š ŃŃŃŠøŠ½ŃŠŗ
Dmitrii Stolyarov/ŠŠ¼ŠøŃŃŠøŠ¹ Š”ŃŠ¾Š»ŃŃŠ¾Š²
Andrei Cherkasov/ŠŠ½Š“ŃŠµŠ¹ Š§ŠµŃŠŗŠ°ŃŠ¾Š²
Senior Reserve:
Ekaterina Baturina/ŠŠŗŠ°ŃŠµŃŠøŠ½Š° ŠŠ°ŃŃŃŠøŠ½Š°
Yulia Belokobylskaya/Š®Š»ŠøŃ ŠŠµŠ»Š¾ŠŗŠ¾Š±ŃŠ»ŃŃŠŗŠ°Ń
Olga Bikmurzina/ŠŠ»ŃŠ³Š° ŠŠøŠŗŠ¼ŃŃŠ·ŠøŠ½Š°
Ekaterina Kramarenko / ŠŠŗŠ°ŃŠµŃŠøŠ½Š° ŠŃŠ°Š¼Š°ŃŠµŠ½ŠŗŠ¾
Viktoria Kuzmina/ŠŠøŠŗŃŠ¾ŃŠøŃ ŠŃŠ·ŃŠ¼ŠøŠ½Š°
Anastasia Marchuk/ŠŠ½Š°ŃŃŠ°ŃŠøŃ ŠŠ°ŃŃŃŠŗ
Anna Myzdrikova/ŠŠ½Š½Š° ŠŃŠ·Š“ŃŠøŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Alla Sosnitskaya/ŠŠ»Š»Š° Š”Š¾ŃŠ½ŠøŃŠŗŠ°Ń
Yulia Tipaeva/Š®Š»ŠøŃ Š¢ŠøŠæŠ°ŠµŠ²Š°
Dmitrii Gogotov/ŠŠ¼ŠøŃŃŠøŠ¹ ŠŠ¾Š³Š¾ŃŠ¾Š²
Grigorii Ziryanov/ŠŃŠøŠ³Š¾ŃŠøŠ¹ ŠŃŃŃŠ½Š¾Š²
Kirill Ignatenkov/ŠŠøŃŠøŠ»Š» ŠŠ³Š½Š°ŃŠµŠ½ŠŗŠ¾Š²
Nikolai Kovinov/ŠŠøŠŗŠ¾Š»Š°Š¹ ŠŠ¾Š²ŠøŠ½Š¾Š²
Mikhail Kudashov/ŠŠøŃ Š°ŠøŠ» ŠŃŠ“Š°ŃŠ¾Š²
Pavel Pavlov/ŠŠ°Š²ŠµŠ» ŠŠ°Š²Š»Š¾Š²
Kirill Prokopev/ŠŠøŃŠøŠ»Š» ŠŃŠ¾ŠŗŠ¾ŠæŃŠµŠ²
Maksim Khodykin/ŠŠ°ŠŗŃŠøŠ¼ Š„Š¾Š“ŃŠŗŠøŠ½
Sergei Khorokhordin/Š”ŠµŃŠ³ŠµŠ¹ Š„Š¾ŃŠ¾Ń Š¾ŃŠ“ŠøŠ½
Junior:
Elena Alekseenko/ŠŠ»ŠµŠ½Š° ŠŠ»ŠµŠŗŃŠµŠµŠ½ŠŗŠ¾
Anastasia Belova/ŠŠ½Š°ŃŃŠ°ŃŠøŃ ŠŠµŠ»Š¾Š²Š°
Yulia Birulya/Š®Š»ŠøŃ ŠŠøŃŃŠ»Ń
Maria Bondareva/ŠŠ°ŃŠøŃ ŠŠ¾Š½Š“Š°ŃŠµŠ²Š°
Anastasia Dmitrieva/ŠŠ½Š°ŃŃŠ°ŃŠøŃ ŠŠ¼ŠøŃŃŠøŠµŠ²Š°
Evgenia Zhukova/ŠŠ²Š³ŠµŠ½ŠøŃ ŠŃŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Natalia Kapitonova/ŠŠ°ŃŠ°Š»ŃŃ ŠŠ°ŠæŠøŃŠ¾Š½Š¾Š²Š°
Evgenia Korolkova/ŠŠ²Š³ŠµŠ½ŠøŃ ŠŠ¾ŃŠ¾Š»ŃŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Kristina Levshina/ŠŃŠøŃŃŠøŠ½Š° ŠŠµŠ²ŃŠøŠ½Š°
Daria Mikhailova/ŠŠ°ŃŃŃ ŠŠøŃ Š°Š¹Š»Š¾Š²Š°
Ekaterina Sokova/ŠŠŗŠ°ŃŠµŃŠøŠ½Š° Š”Š¾ŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Daria Spiridonova/ŠŠ°ŃŃŃ Š”ŠæŠøŃŠøŠ“Š¾Š½Š¾Š²Š°
Polina Spirina/ŠŠ¾Š»ŠøŠ½Š° Š”ŠæŠøŃŠøŠ½Š°
Yulia Chemareva/Š®Š»ŠøŃ Š§ŠµŠ¼Š°ŃŠµŠ²Š°
Viktor Britan/ŠŠøŠŗŃŠ¾Ń ŠŃŠøŃŠ°Š½
Evgenii Vasilev/ŠŠ²Š³ŠµŠ½ŠøŠ¹ ŠŠ°ŃŠøŠ»ŃŠµŠ²
Shamil Gatiyatov/ŠØŠ°Š¼ŠøŠ»Ń ŠŠ°ŃŠøŃŃŠ¾Š²
Artur Dalaloyan/ŠŃŃŃŃ ŠŠ°Š»Š°Š»Š¾ŃŠ½
Ilya Kibartas/ŠŠ»ŃŃ ŠŠøŠ±Š°ŃŃŠ°Ń
Andrei Lagutov/ŠŠ½Š“ŃŠµŠ¹ ŠŠ°Š³ŃŃŠ¾Š²
Igor Lemeshenko/ŠŠ³Š¾ŃŃ ŠŠµŠ¼ŠµŃŠµŠ½ŠŗŠ¾
Boris Lozhkin/ŠŠ¾ŃŠøŃ ŠŠ¾Š¶ŠŗŠøŠ½
Vladislav Polyashov/ŠŠ»Š°Š“ŠøŃŠ»Š°Š² ŠŠ¾Š»ŃŃŠ¾Š²
Kirill Potapov/ŠŠøŃŠøŠ»Š» ŠŠ¾ŃŠ°ŠæŠ¾Š²
Valentin Starikov/ŠŠ°Š»ŠµŠ½ŃŠøŠ½ Š”ŃŠ°ŃŠøŠŗŠ¾Š²
Sergei Stepanov/Š”ŠµŃŠ³ŠµŠ¹ Š”ŃŠµŠæŠ°Š½Š¾Š²
Ivan Stretovich/ŠŠ²Š°Š½ Š”ŃŃŠµŃŠ¾Š²ŠøŃ
Ivan Tikhonov/ŠŠ²Š°Š½ Š¢ŠøŃ Š¾Š½Š¾Š²
Junior Reserve:
Raisa Batyrova/Š Š°ŠøŃŠ° ŠŠ°ŃŃŃŠ¾Š²Š°
Olga Kalashnikova/ŠŠ»ŃŠ³Š° ŠŠ°Š»Š°ŃŠ½ŠøŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Viktoria Rezakova/ŠŠøŠŗŃŠ¾ŃŠøŃ Š ŠµŠ·Š°ŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Daria Skripnik/ŠŠ°ŃŃŃ Š”ŠŗŃŃŠæŠ½ŠøŠŗ
Seda Tutkhalyan/Š”ŠµŠ“Š° Š¢ŃŃŃ Š°Š»ŃŠ½
Alexandra Yazidzhyan/ŠŠ»ŠµŠŗŃŠ°Š½Š“ŃŠ° ŠÆŠ·ŃŠ“Š¶ŃŠ½
Kristina Yaroshenko/ŠŃŠøŃŃŠøŠ½Š° ŠÆŃŠ¾ŃŠµŠ½ŠŗŠ¾
Aleksandr Bogatiryev/ŠŠ»ŠµŠŗŃŠ°Š½Š“Ń ŠŠ¾Š³Š°ŃŃŃŠµŠ²
Sergei Eltsov/Š”ŠµŃŠ³ŠµŠ¹ ŠŠ»ŃŃŠ¾Š²
Mansur Zaripov/ŠŠ°Š½ŃŃŃ ŠŠ°ŃŠøŠæŠ¾Š²
Vladislav Kozin/ŠŠ»Š°Š“ŠøŃŠ»Š°Š² ŠŠ¾Š·ŠøŠ½
Dmitrii Lankin/ŠŠ¼ŠøŃŃŠøŠ¹ ŠŠ°Š½ŠŗŠøŠ½
Nikita Nagornii/ŠŠøŠŗŠøŃŠ° ŠŠ°Š³Š¾ŃŠ½ŃŠ¹
Nikolai Shadurkin/ŠŠøŠŗŠ¾Š»Š°Š¹ ŠØŠ°Š“ŃŃŠŗŠøŠ½
Youth:
Lilia Akhaimova/ŠŠøŠ»ŠøŃ ŠŃ Š°ŠøŠ¼Š¾Š²Š°
Viktoria Bykova/ŠŠøŠŗŃŠ¾ŃŠøŃ ŠŃŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Elena Eremina/ŠŠ»ŠµŠ½Š° ŠŃŠµŠ¼ŠøŠ½Š°
Ekaterina Ilyankova/ŠŠŗŠ°ŃŠµŃŠøŠ½Š° ŠŠ»ŃŃŠ½ŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Maria Iontef/ŠŠ°ŃŠøŃ ŠŠ¾Š½ŃŠµŃ
Anastasia Kuznetsova/ŠŠ½Š°ŃŃŠ°ŃŠøŃ ŠŃŠ·Š½ŠµŃŠ¾Š²Š°
Elena Likhodolskaya/ŠŠ»ŠµŠ½Š° ŠŠøŃ Š¾Š“Š¾Š»ŃŃŠŗŠ°Ń
Angelina Melnikova/ŠŠ½Š³ŠµŠ»ŠøŠ½Š° ŠŠµŠ»ŃŠ½ŠøŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Elena Oganesyan/ŠŠ»ŠµŠ½Š° ŠŠ³Š°Š½ŠµŃŃŠ½
Tatiana Ruzhova/Š¢Š°ŃŃŃŠ½Š° Š ŃŠ¶Š¾Š²Š°
Yulia Sushkova/Š®Š»ŠøŃ Š”ŃŃŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Ekaterina Tishkova/ŠŠŗŠ°ŃŠµŃŠøŠ½Š° Š¢ŠøŃŠŗŠ¾Š²Š°
Alena Chernova/ŠŠ»ŠµŠ½Š° Š§ŠµŃŠ½Š¾Š²Š°
Anastasia Shlenkina/ŠŠ½Š°ŃŃŠ°ŃŠøŃ ŠØŠ»ŠµŠ½ŠŗŠøŠ½Š°
Artem Arnaut/ŠŃŃŠµŠ¼ ŠŃŠ½Š°ŃŃ
Nikita Vasilev/ŠŠøŠŗŠøŃŠ° ŠŠ°ŃŠøŠ»ŃŠµŠ²
Aleksandr Glukhov/ŠŠ»ŠµŠŗŃŠ°Š½Š“Ń ŠŠ»ŃŃ Š¾Š²
Insaf Idiyatulin/ŠŠ½ŃŠ°Ń ŠŠ“ŠøŃŃŃŠ»ŠøŠ½
Aleksei Kaneseev/ŠŠ»ŠµŠŗŃŠµŠ¹ ŠŠ°Š½ŠµŃŠµŠµŠ²
Kirill Kozin/ŠŠøŃŠøŠ»Š» ŠŠ¾Š·ŠøŠ½
Denis Kolpakov/ŠŠµŠ½ŠøŃ ŠŠ¾Š»ŠæŠ°ŠŗŠ¾Š²
Nikita Letnikov/ŠŠøŠŗŠøŃŠ° ŠŠµŃŠ½ŠøŠŗŠ¾Š²
Andrei Makolov/ŠŠ½Š“ŃŠµŠ¹ ŠŠ°ŠŗŠ¾Š»Š¾Š²
Maksim Sinichkin/ŠŠ°ŠŗŃŠøŠ¼ Š”ŠøŠ½ŠøŃŠŗŠøŠ½
Aleksandr Sychugov/ŠŠ»ŠµŠŗŃŠ°Š½Š“Ń Š”ŃŃŃŠ³Š¾Š²
Marat Khabibullin/ŠŠ°ŃŠ°Ń Š„Š°Š±ŠøŠ±ŃŠ»Š»ŠøŠ½
Mikhail Khudchenko/ŠŠøŃ Š°ŠøŠ» Š„ŃŠ“ŃŠµŠ½ŠŗŠ¾
Denis Yurov/ŠŠµŠ½ŠøŃ Š®ŃŠ¾Š²
Really cool to see videos of the gymnasts as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting.
Mikola Kuksenkov on the Russian national? I guess Ukraine really fell apart.. the guys who graced the London 2012 podium. Ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteIt is very sad ... I have heard that the Ukraine Gymnastics Federation has run out of money and all their gymnasts have gone home ... don't know how much to believe it, but evidently things are not good there.
DeleteI wish on day Russian Gymnastics Federation will say a big thank you for making a massive advertisement about "What's going on.. In Russia
ReplyDeleteMaybe they don't really want people to know, Vladimir :-)
DeleteBut anyway, you know I love my blog - it's well worth it all. xx
well if its any consolation I have seen the RGF post links to some of your articles so I think they know about your blog :) keep up the good work Elizabeth love your blog!
DeleteThanks!!
DeleteIt's just marvellous that people like you continue to update info about RGF even though you are not related to them,I think it is just in Russian character that they don't want to show up,but they surely do appreciate your work as well as us fans of gymnastics around the world.
DeleteThanks David. I think we all do it because we want to!
DeleteSo long as people call me Your Majesty, and bow when I enter the room, I'm quite happy :-)
Why is even Kramarenko is included as reserve, but Pavlova is still blacklisted to such a BIG extent?
ReplyDeleteI wonder why life is being THAT harsh to Pavlova...
I have a feeling that Pavlova will retire after Voronin in December this year as farewell competition.
It would be helpful to know what the criteria are to qualify for the teams, and what the significance of membership of the different team echelons is, wouldn't it?
DeleteI know lots of people feel the same way about Pavlova ... did you see the interview with her in IG? Not really sure why Kramarenko should be thus favoured.
The intlgymnast website only shows part of her December interview, saying we must purchase the machine to read the important part of the interview - her thoughts about being left out of the race for London.
DeleteDid anyone purchase the magazine? Can anyone briefly tell us what she said in the interview that is not shown on the website?
I still admire her so much - after that big injury, she is heavily bandaged and physically will never be the same (especially on FX), but she still continues and tries to enjoy as long as possible, to leave the sport without regrets (even if only competing locally + the minor non-FIG international meets).
Many other gymnasts (and atheletes from other sports) would have given up long time ago.
The key things that Pavlova said are that she feels she was unfairly excluded from the team by the Rodionenkos. While the Rodionenkos make the claim that she would be unable to perform the high level of difficulty required by members of the national team, Pavlova says that had she been selected for training she would certainly have trained more difficulty in the hope of making the Olympics.
DeleteShe says she does not know how much longer she will go on competing.
On V, she is definitely up to international standard, and even could easily medal in Euro.
DeleteOn BB, she is not that bar behind. Her D-score in 2012 was 5.6, while Afanasyeva's BB D-score for Olympics was 5.9.
But then Myzdrikova and Kraramenko should be immediately excluded by the coaches, because their routines in all 4 events are not up to international standards!
It seems Pavlova's Beijing TF meltdown has unofficially ended her elite career, and she will forever not be forgiven...
The craziest part of the interview was where she said she'd have trained an Amanar if she thought she'd have been given the chance to try for the Olympic team! Of course now I secretly hope she'll train it and start competing it just to spite the Rodionenkos, but I fear that's a just a dream ...
DeleteHi Elizabeth! this is Sinhue!
ReplyDeleteI wrote on the article about Nelli Kim (the one who said about the code etc)
I dont get it, how they can put on the team Kramarenko and not Pavlova who has worked hard and has accomplished more than Kramarenko?
I'm pretty sure it has to do something with Rodionenko! We all know that she is getting better and she could work as a vault and more important, beam specialist (this is where the Russians have problems).
I saw something about an interview with her, but couldnt read it because I am not subscribed to the magazine yet :( (I have no money)
Please, could you tell us what the interview talked about?
Thank you so much for your website :) is wonderful!
By the way sorry for my English, not my first language XD
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DeleteHi Sinhue, please see my comment above for a summary of the salient comments from Pavlova's interview.
DeleteYour English is very good - certainly much better than my Russian!
I would understand why Pavlova is excluded, because of her old age and infamous mental weakness problem, and she is given the ugly '1-event specialist' title. But if Pavlova is out, then Kramarenko + Myzdrikova should be out BEFORE her!!!
ReplyDeleteHow come Kramarenko + Myzdrikova, who are 0-event specialist and three times weaker than Pavlova in terms of domestic event results (at least Pavlova was the national vault champion in 2011-2012, and won silver in AA in 2011, and +-#5 in 2012), so what can they contribute to the team? They are also 'old' gymnasts in their 20s.
Is it because Kramarenko works as part-time coach for the juniors, so she is kept as a reserve? Has she been coaching part-time and only competes part-time in the last 2 years?
I just think it is EXTREMELY HARSH to treat Pavlova like that - given a 'death penalty' forever for the Beijing TF meltdown. Nobody would remember she played a critical role for the Athens + 2006 Worlds TF bronze, and 2008 Euro TF silver.
Your Majesty! How nice to see so interesting discussion in your blog. It is very professional disput about important steps of RGF. Of course, they know very well about you and your fantastic blog dedicated to the great achievements of Soviet and Russian Athletes. I won't forget Ukrainian Gymnastics as a integral part of History of Soviet Gymnastics. That's why sometimes when I am hearing that somebody who was born in Ukraine won't to be called Russian, I am talking to myself that I am very proud to be born in country which input in History of World Gymnastics Is priceless! The contributors to your blog are touching selection procedure and very sensitive part of it. Who knows what was in "Rodionenko Family's" mind during a Team's selection? You are wishing to know what criteria were used in order to make an appropriate selection!? The selection procedure is a part of Team Strategy approved by Board of RGF. According to my knowledge , it is multiple criteria taken from meet results, all-Russian Events (Champs, Cups), major International competitions inside and outside of Russia, results of the test-events at technical and physical abilities , results of the modeling competition and team-trials. I don't think that all this information will be ever published in the official Russian media. Probably, all people who really loves Russian Gymnastics still can get more info published in English language from an amazing blog of your Majesty the Queen! My sencire thanks and best wishes...
ReplyDeleteThank you Vladimir.
DeleteSo there is enough in the selection criteria that is publicly inaccessible for the team management to make gut-based decisions, making it impossible for us to fully understand why a gymnast like Kramarenko can be on the team while Pavlova is completely excluded.
How do the gymnasts get to participate in modeling competitions, physical tests and so on if they are not already part of the national team?
Poor Pavlova! I hope she sticks it to Rodionenkos and trains big for another year
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