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Russian team for BRICS

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The Russian team for BRICS - a young team for the women, in particular.  There are full teams of six, then four gymnasts who will compete ā€˜out of competitionā€™, as display gymnasts.  


Men's team:

Belyavskiy David

Dalaloyan Artur

Marinov Daniel

Nagorny Nikita

Naydin Sergey

Polyashov Vladislav


šŸ“Œ Out of competition:

Zaika Ilya

Prokopyev Kirill

Sedin Saveliy

Usachev Alexey


šŸ¤øšŸ»ā€ā™€ļø Women's team:

Agafonova Maria

Melnikova Angelina

Vasilieva Leila

Gerasimova Elena

Kalmykova Anna

Roshchina Lyudmila


šŸ“Œ Out of competition:

Andreeva Ekaterina

Glotova Alena

Listunova Victoria

Shapovalova Kristina

Gymnasts from Malaysia, Belarus, Mongolia, Serbia, Syria, Uzbekistan, Thailand, TĆ¼rkiye, Tunisia, South Ossetia, Armenia, Ethiopia, India and Kazakhstan will also be on the roster.


If you read Russian, this is a list of the coaches travelling to Kazan.  The competition will begin on the 13th (Thursday next week) with AA and EF.  I wonder who will win the medals?  


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