Lupita translates here the first interview of any significance with Evgeny Grebionkin, newly appointed senior coach of the Russian WAG team. The article appears on the press website of the Russian Ministry of Sport. The gymnastics national team’s head coach, Evgeny Greb ionkin , has talked in an interview to FTP-Press about the changes in the staff, the specificities of the new season and the new Code of Points. - Evg eny Anatolevich, what has changed in your work as the national team’s head coach? - I’ve been working with this team for four years. The thing is that I have more duties now. I used to focus on bars, essentially. Now I follow the athletes on all apparatus. I have to organize the training process right now. - How do you feel about the young gymnasts who have joined the team? - So far it’s difficult to say something specific. Four years ago Mustafina, Komova, Nabieva joined the team the same way. It was to...
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