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The Russian team delivered!  

Ksenia Afanasyeva and Maria Paseka to V final
Daria Spiridinova and Maria Kharenkova to bars final (although it is possible that Paseka will replace Maria K in the final; it has been hinted that Paseka has upgrades to come.
Maria Kharenkova to beam final
Ksenia Afanasyeva and Maria Kharenkova to floor final
Maria Kharenkova and Daria Spiridinova to AA final.

All the girls had little errors in their qualifying routines, so there is room for improvement.  This comp will be a good test of Afanasyeva's fitness as she recuperates from injury.  Spiridinova will need to keep her nerve in Friday's AA and in the uneven bars final.  We will have a chance to see Maria in her first senior individual AA in which she is competing for a medal - this could be the firing of a leader.

It is a long time since such a well balanced Russian team came to Euros.  Without Iordache and Mustafina, the international field is significantly looser here than at Worlds, but there are still opportunities to see good gymnastics and the fight for medals will be strong in every category.

Let's see how finals go.  And don't forget tomorrow's MAG quals!






Good luck to all the teams!!!
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  1. Anonymous16 April 2015 at 13:00

    "although it is possible that Paseka will replace Maria K in the final; it has been hinted that Paseka has upgrades to come"
    Hope they don't do it, Kharenkova should enjoy what she earned, I saw her routine on UB and she has improved a lot on that event and she has a chance to medal on this event ...
    I only hope just to upgrade her everlasting low tariff FTY
    John

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