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Pictures, pictures, pictures ... and an Alexandrov update

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2012 Olympian Maria Paseka competes in January 2013



As you may have seen, Gym Blog Brazil has confirmed that Alexander Alexandrov will be remaining in Russia for the time being.  Apparently the Brazilian Federation were unable to strike an appropriate agreement at this moment in time.  There is the possibility of further negotiations later in the year.  But my personal feeling is, given Alexandrov's bond with his personal athlete, Russia's World and Olympic Champion Aliya Mustafina, it seems unlikely that he would leave Russia. 

Let's just hope that Alexandrov is given the appropriate professional freedoms at Lake Krugloye.

I have been building a small gallery of Olga Korbut images drawn from the excellent RIA Novosti archive.   Olga Korbut is where gymnastics began for me at the age of 12.  It's impossible to write enough about this iconic champion, a few pictures say so much more.  You can view the gallery here, at RRG's Facebook page.

Lifje has also provided a link to a wonderful picture archive of Moscow competitions, including pictures from last December's Voronin Cup, and from January's regional championships.  The picture of Maria Paseka at the top of this post comes from that resource.
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  1. M9 February 2013 at 14:24

    Nice that Alexandrov is staying...for now.

    Thanks for the pictures.

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