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Russia’s MAG spar over Russia Cup prospects

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Speaking on Match TV, the Russian men are summing up their hopes for the Russia Cup.


Daniil Marinov first : he hopes to score 86.5 in the AA; 85.9 is his previous highest score.  He says if he scores 86.5 and finishes second, he will still be happy, but he isn’t expecting Artur to score above 86 and he doesn’t know how ‘pot bellied’ Nikita will do 🤣❤️.


Nagorny says he’s OK, he’s working.  He doesn’t know yet if he will compete AA.  


He will let us know when he is ready to retire, and he will probably mark his retirement with some kind of event in his hometown, Rostov.  


Dalaloyan says he has been training  fitness and basics and added some new work to his routines.  We should expect to see some new things in Sochi.


He was asked to talk about Marinov and says the gymnast has some good results but he also has some shortcomings, eg sometimes he can be lazy in training.  


The last major competition the Russian team as a whole competed in was the 2021 World Championships, where the men won no medals.  Nagorny and Dalaloyan last competed at the Tokyo Olympics in July/August 2021, where they won the team gold.  


Although Sergei Naidin hasn’t been interviewed yet, I will be interested to see him.  His training seems to have been going well, but he may not be competing AA.


Russia Cup starts on 30 August.  

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