Courtesy of the RGF/Seda_tutkhalyan_fans on Instagram Viktoria Komova interview by Vladimir Ivanov, Russian language source - http://www.sport-express.ru/artistic-gymnastics/reviews/884027/ The World Champion told Sports Express' correspondent about her expectations right before her first international competition in three years. At the Youth Olympic Games 2010 in Singapore Victoria Komova won three gold medals. The athletics legend Yelena Isinbayeva was so inspired by Vika's performance that she ran to congratulate her on all the successes. A year later, Komova won gold on the uneven bars at her first World Championships and in the fight for the AA lost by a paltry 0.033. Viktoria cried. There were no tears a year later when the Voronezh athlete was considered favourite for Olympic gold in the all-around. But an unfortunate mistake in the vault meant that she could not beat the American Gabrielle Douglas. The worst problems began after Komova returne...
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