Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

Lupita translates this Kirov.net i nterview with the Russian women's team captain Ksenia Afanasyeva.  The twice Olympian discusses here the mistakes made in the team final, and how she has supported her young and talented team through all the excitement - and challenge - of an Olympic Games. Ksenia, as the most experienced gymnast in our team did you give support to the other girls?   Yes, I tried to help all the girls and I think I achieved that. But I won’t tell you how I did it (it’s a secret). [Laughs] In fact, I gave them support. If I saw that someone was becoming very emotional, I calmed her down. Landing on your knees was an accident? It’s lack of work and a mistake from my part. "I think, I speeded up and didn’t do what was planned.  It’s not even a technical error.  I didn’t wait and breathe out; I decided to start without a pause." You’re the only one who didn’t cry. Is your nervous system stronger? No, you didn’t se...