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Denis Ablyazin : Again, into battle

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Denis Ablyazin has qualified to three of today's event finals.  Courtesy RGF


Event finals begin today at 10 am local time with the juniors, and 3 pm local time for the seniors.  Lots of interesting gymnastics on the way.  The big question will be, can the gymnasts recover quickly from yesterday's emotional and physical exertions and compete once more at full strength today?  Both Russia and Britain had good days yesterday, can they repeat their form today?  Will the talented Ukrainians win gold?  Which new faces will emerge?

Russia's leading gymnast at this event-focussed European Championships has been talking.

'It was a very tough day, the fight was difficult between all eight teams ... Today, the competition took away a lot of physical strength and nerves. And we were able to win by a confident performance on each of the events - we made hardly any mistakes ... Fewer than predicted.

... Tomorrow we will compete - and then there will be a little time to exhale.  Finals start at 15.00. So we will quietly get some sleep, rejuvenate - and then again back to battle.'

http://www.championat.com/other/news-1841248-gimnast-abljazin-posle-pobedy-v-komandakh-vosstanovim-sily--i-snova-v-boj.html
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