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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/Ксения Афанасьева
Kristina Gorunova/Кристина Горюнова
Anastasia Grishina/Анастасия Гришина
Anna Dementieva/Анна Дементьева
Yulia Inshina/Юлия Иньшина
Viktoria Komova/Виктория Комова
Aliya Mustafina/Алия Мустафина
Tatiana Nabieva/Татьяна Набиева
Maria Paseka/Мария Пасека
Anna Rodionova/Анна Родионова
Anastasia Sidorova/Анастасия Сидорова
Polina Fedorova / Полина Федорова
Maria Kharenkova/Мария Харенкова
Evgenia Shelgunova/Евгения Шелгунова
Denis Ablyazin/Денис Аблязин
Aleksandr Balandin/Александр Баландин
David Belyavskii/Давид Белявский
Emin Garibov/Эмин Гарибов
Nikita Ignatev/Никита Игнатьев
Daniil Kazachkov/Даниил Казачков
Nikolai Kuksenkov/Николай Куксенков
Nikita Lezhankin/Никита Лежанкин
Igor Pakhomenko/Игорь Пахоменко
Konstantin Pluzhnikov/Константин Плужников
Aleksei Rostov/Алексей Ростов
Pavel Russinyak/Павел Руссиняк
Dmitrii Stolyarov/Дмитрий Столяров
Andrei Cherkasov/Андрей Черкасов
Senior Reserve:
Ekaterina Baturina/Екатерина Батурина
Yulia Belokobylskaya/Юлия Белокобыльская
Olga Bikmurzina/Ольга Бикмурзина
Ekaterina Kramarenko / Екатерина Крамаренко
Viktoria Kuzmina/Виктория Кузьмина
Anastasia Marchuk/Анастасия Марчук
Anna Myzdrikova/Анна Мыздрикова
Alla Sosnitskaya/Алла Сосницкая
Yulia Tipaeva/Юлия Типаева
Dmitrii Gogotov/Дмитрий Гоготов
Grigorii Ziryanov/Григорий Зырянов
Kirill Ignatenkov/Кирилл Игнатенков
Nikolai Kovinov/Николай Ковинов
Mikhail Kudashov/Михаил Кудашов
Pavel Pavlov/Павел Павлов
Kirill Prokopev/Кирилл Прокопьев
Maksim Khodykin/Максим Ходыкин
Sergei Khorokhordin/Сергей Хорохордин
Junior:
Elena Alekseenko/Елена Алексеенко
Anastasia Belova/Анастасия Белова
Yulia Birulya/Юлия Бирюля
Maria Bondareva/Мария Бондарева
Anastasia Dmitrieva/Анастасия Дмитриева
Evgenia Zhukova/Евгения Жукова
Natalia Kapitonova/Наталья Капитонова
Evgenia Korolkova/Евгения Королькова
Kristina Levshina/Кристина Левшина
Daria Mikhailova/Дарья Михайлова
Ekaterina Sokova/Екатерина Сокова
Daria Spiridonova/Дарья Спиридонова
Polina Spirina/Полина Спирина
Yulia Chemareva/Юлия Чемарева
Viktor Britan/Виктор Британ
Evgenii Vasilev/Евгений Васильев
Shamil Gatiyatov/Шамиль Гатиятов
Artur Dalaloyan/Артур Далалоян
Ilya Kibartas/Илья Кибартас
Andrei Lagutov/Андрей Лагутов
Igor Lemeshenko/Игорь Лемешенко
Boris Lozhkin/Борис Ложкин
Vladislav Polyashov/Владислав Поляшов
Kirill Potapov/Кирилл Потапов
Valentin Starikov/Валентин Стариков
Sergei Stepanov/Сергей Степанов
Ivan Stretovich/Иван Стретович
Ivan Tikhonov/Иван Тихонов
Junior Reserve:
Raisa Batyrova/Раиса Батырова
Olga Kalashnikova/Ольга Калашникова
Viktoria Rezakova/Виктория Резакова
Daria Skripnik/Дарья Скрыпник
Seda Tutkhalyan/Седа Тутхалян
Alexandra Yazidzhyan/Александра Языджян
Kristina Yaroshenko/Кристина Ярошенко
Aleksandr Bogatiryev/Александр Богатырев
Sergei Eltsov/Сергей Ельцов
Mansur Zaripov/Мансур Зарипов
Vladislav Kozin/Владислав Козин
Dmitrii Lankin/Дмитрий Ланкин
Nikita Nagornii/Никита Нагорный
Nikolai Shadurkin/Николай Шадуркин
Youth:
Lilia Akhaimova/Лилия Ахаимова
Viktoria Bykova/Виктория Быкова
Elena Eremina/Елена Еремина
Ekaterina Ilyankova/Екатерина Ильянкова
Maria Iontef/Мария Ионтеф
Anastasia Kuznetsova/Анастасия Кузнецова
Elena Likhodolskaya/Елена Лиходольская
Angelina Melnikova/Ангелина Мельникова
Elena Oganesyan/Елена Оганесян
Tatiana Ruzhova/Татьяна Рыжова
Yulia Sushkova/Юлия Сушкова
Ekaterina Tishkova/Екатерина Тишкова
Alena Chernova/Алена Чернова
Anastasia Shlenkina/Анастасия Шленкина
Artem Arnaut/Артем Арнаут
Nikita Vasilev/Никита Васильев
Aleksandr Glukhov/Александр Глухов
Insaf Idiyatulin/Инсаф Идиятулин
Aleksei Kaneseev/Алексей Канесеев
Kirill Kozin/Кирилл Козин
Denis Kolpakov/Денис Колпаков
Nikita Letnikov/Никита Летников
Andrei Makolov/Андрей Маколов
Maksim Sinichkin/Максим Синичкин
Aleksandr Sychugov/Александр Сычугов
Marat Khabibullin/Марат Хабибуллин
Mikhail Khudchenko/Михаил Худченко
Denis Yurov/Денис Юров
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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