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Something about this team ...

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There is something about this team I like ... Not that I think they are likely to win masses of medals or anything.  Something more than that.  It's a very balanced team, each gymnast brings something unique to the table both gymnastically and in terms of personality.   And, more than in London, I feel a cohesive team spirit,  perhaps it comes from the cross-generational make up of the team, from Mustafina's leadership?  For me, they have a sense of calm purpose.

The Russian Gymnastics Federation has a lovely picture gallery of the girls training post quals.  There are some striking images, more for their atmosphere than technical brilliance.  My IPad is loaded with copies of them, but there are too many to post here; do visit the website and take some time to look at the album in its entirety - (www.sportgymrus.ru).  In the meantime, in as far as I am capable of choosing highlights, here are a few of them.



    Aliya Mustafina's coach, Raisa Ganina from CSKA Moscow



    
  Kharenkova 's coach, Olga Sagina from Rostov on Don



    National beam coach, Marina Bulashenko, advises Alla Sosnitskaya


    National tumbling and vault coach, Vasily Ivanov
















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  1. Anonymous7 October 2014 at 08:01

    Russian girls just need to bring up the game and nail that beam. Hello silver.

    Mustafina needs low 15 in VT, killer beam and her usual excellent UB presentation. Hello gold.

    :))))

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  2. Anonymous7 October 2014 at 20:49

    I wonder when the judges will recognize the russian work on Bars, they always keep them on high 8s, I mean what the russian gymnasts have to do to get 9s (specially Musty and kramarenko and spridinova)
    john

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  3. Anonymous10 October 2014 at 17:20

    That oversplit! Wow!

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