Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

David Belyavski's hard working and rather elegant hand.  Courtesy of the RGF It has been a fascinating day at the Olympiski stadium, watching the new order of world gymnastics battle it out for places in this weekend's all around and event finals.  I am not sure that things went quite the way the Russians would have wanted today.  As ever, large errors found them missing out on final places to which their gymnasts, on capability, should easily qualify.  They lead in three out of the six finals, but surely with fewer errors could have topped the qualification stakes, and seen a greater proportion of their team represented in finals. In Europe, at this present time, it seems to be a fight between three countries - the ambitious and competitive Ukraine, determined to vindicate the disappointment of a fourth place finish in London; relative newcomers Great Britain, whose steadiness and strength in depth point to a bright future; and Russia, the team who will perhap...