Evgenia Shelgunova. Picture: Olga Terentyeva Valentina Rodionenko has outlined the Russian team's plans for the coming months in a recent press statement , highlighting the next major competition for March 2014,the Russian Championships in Penza. This will be the qualifying event for the European Championships, to take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, next spring. All the team's major players are back in training now, but not at the most intense level, says Rodionenko. The gymnasts are now working with their coaches to develop new difficulty for their exercises, or to change the composition of their existing routines. 'It is very important that all of them begin the new season in optimal condition', said the head coach. 'On the 22nd, the teams will go home after their current training camp at Round Lake. They return on December 4th, and this year they will go home again on the 20th December.' Olympic all around silver medallist Viktoria Komova ...
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