A nice interview with Aliya from just before the Russian Championships.
Key points from the Google translate :
She won second place in an R Sport vote for the best Russian sports woman, behind Evgeniya Kanaeva but ahead of Maria Sharapova. She says Evgeniya came first because she is a beautiful gymnast; but knows little about Sharapova.
She has no time for life outside of gymnastics, as she trains three times a day - can only meet with her friends on rare occasions, and declines to comment about whether she has a boyfriend in gymnastics.
Her father is her main supporter, but the person whose opinion she values most in gymnastics is her coach, Alexander Alexandrov :-)
She does not have any gymnastics idols.
Good luck to all the Russian gymnasts as they prepare for the European Championships!
It makes sense that Kanayeva is the first because she's a two time Olympics champion and the best rhythmic gymnast ever existed.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that both of them are ahead of Sharapova-I can't handle her scream!!
Oh, I heard that Aliya is practicing double layout now. So excited to see her new skills!