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BAKU, June 15. /Spets.korr. TASS Albert Starodubtsev /. Successful performance at the European Games in Baku male and female Russian national gymnastics team competitions indicates that domestic athletes are among the world leaders in the sport. This was stated by the national team coach Tass Valentine Rodionenko.


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The winners of gold medals in the first European Games in Baku in the women's team competition became Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina 2012, two-time silver medalist Victoria Komova 2012 and the winner of the Youth Olympic Games in 2014 in Nanjing Seda Toutkhalian. In the men's tournament, there was no equal Kuksenkova Nicholas, David Belyavsky and Nikita Ignatyev.

"None of our guys shells and girls here have committed no serious errors - stressed Rodionenko. - It allows us to look with optimism to the future. "

Second and third place went to the team of women in Germany and the Netherlands respectively. Men silver in a bitter struggle Ukrainian sportsmen got bronze - home team competitions.

"Winning at the Games in Baku was much more difficult than in the European championship - saw Rodionenko. - Let me explain why. First, almost all the teams, except the UK, arrived here in the strongest part, left the house only to those injured. Secondly, here in the national team performs all three men, and the result is two. It is beneficial for those teams that do not have a large number of top-notch athletes. Therefore, for the medals was this bitter struggle. Nevertheless, we managed very confident win in the women's team tournament. Men fight for the awards was, you might say, to the last shell, but our guys ended up stronger. "

June 18 in Baku will be awarded prizes for men and women in the individual all-around, and on June 20 - for the individual shells.

Source http://tass.ru/sport/2042592

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