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'We are in China'

The gymnasts have posted photographs of themselves at their destination in their respective Instagram sites.  They have arrived safely, and all look happy.

It is night time now in Nanning (Saturday, 3pm BST, 10pm Nanning) so I hope the gymnasts are trying to get some sleep.

Udachi, Rossiya!



2 pictures via Tatiana Nabiyeva on VK.com


Nikolai Kuksenkov and Ivan Stretovich, via Ivan's Instagram account.

Thanks to all the gymnasts for being so friendly and generous with their pictures.  It really makes Worlds seem real to those of us who can't travel to China.



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  1. Your Majesty, is there any blog reporting live from Nanning ? Any news of Russia's Podium Training ?

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    1. Not on this blog but check Gymnastics Coaching on Twitter for a start. Nanning training videos are being uploaded here. China at present.

      http://i.youku.com/u/UNjE4NzgyMjE2/videos

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