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 Translation of highlights of article from Sport Express.


Angelina Melnikova spoke to Sport-Express journalist Sergey Lisin about today's competition day. 


❓Did you expect such a victorious end to the day, considering how it started on balance beam?

💬 No. Just looking at the scoreboard just now gave me goosebumps; it's a great joy. This is my first time competing for Vladimir, and I'm so happy that we won this Russian Championships, competing for the Vladimir team, and we achieved such a historic victory. It was fantastic, thanks to the whole team.


❓And still, about balance beam.

💬 I don't want to talk about that shame. I have nothing to say, I'm just ashamed; I can't find any other words.


❓How did you manage to pull myself together after that?

💬 Actually, I'm in pretty good shape, and I was generally confident on all the apparatuses today. As a professional athlete, if something isn't working out, I can't give up on the next apparatus.


❓ Yesterday, when I saw you at the tryouts, I noticed your knee was heavily taped. It was still taped today. Is there a problem?

💬 My knee has been really sore since Paris. There, it gave a little "give way" on my vault. We treated it with the doctor, of course, and everything seemed fine, but after the flight, it started to ache again, and I'm wrapping it with stiff tape to maintain my health. I can't say it hurts much; it's more for safety.


❓ Considering that you consider your form here to be good, in which events are you prepared to perform the most difficult, world-competitive routines?

💬 Vault and floor. Today on floor, my turns weren't counted, and my base score wasn't 6.0 as planned, but 5.6. But I'll be working on 6.0 for the World Championships. I also want to increase the difficulty of my jump to a base score of 5.6, and I hope I can do it.


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