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Dmitri Andreev speaks of gymnasts’ performance in Moscow

 Via Instagram, RGF.  Google translate.


Head coach of the Russian national team Dmitry Andreev shared his impressions of the "Strongest Athletes Cup": 


"If we talk about the main team, I would like to note the performance of Daniil Novikov. It is nice that he got into good shape and showed himself well at the competition. He has something to improve on; I know that he and his coach are working on making the program more difficult. 


We can single out Sasha Kartsev, who has finally recovered from his injuries. We were counting on Mukhammadzhon Yakubov: he was the favorite, but, unfortunately, he did not perform so well. Perhaps he does not have enough experience of performing as a leader yet - maybe his nerves gave in. His program is good; we know that he is capable of performing it at a high level. 


Lyudmila Roshchina showed herself well, but Anya Kalmykova's situation turned out the same as Mukhammadzhon's - either nerves or the burden of responsibility affected her. The all-around did not go well, and individual events did not work out. 


In the youth team, Arseniy Dukhno coped with the role of leader and performed the program with dignity. Daniil Smirnov failed in many ways; this can be explained by the fact that he came back from the Spartakiad and looked tired. This fatigue was primarily psychological. 


Diana Gainulina pleased: she pulled herself together and looked good. Varya Belova completed the program quite smoothly, but it was still obvious that she felt tired after the Spartakiad. This once again shows that now we need to gain competitive experience against other competitors, and at these competitions there was someone to compete with. 


The Organizing Committee and the Federation worked very well, the television picture was at a high level. We need competitions of this format, so that competitors from other countries come. We need to develop these competitions, we will work on this. We are already discussing what the format of the Strongest Athletes Cup could be next year."

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