Valentina Rodionenko, Aliya Mustafina and Viktoria Komova - Sovietski Sport/Komsomolskaya Pravda press conference
There is masses of press coverage at present as the results of the Olympics are digested. At an international level, the three candidates for the FIG Presidency are making their bids. Read about this at the All Around . In Russia, much noise is being made by Valentina Rodionenko. As usual, she seems oblivious to the impression her less than measured comments make on international observers - and her gymnasts. Lupita has made a partial translation of a press conference transmitted earlier this week. I should add that Mustafina and Komova handle themselves wonderfully. I have yet to see evidence of any competition for the Rodionenko's family job at the head of Russian gymnastics and with Valentina fronting the operation, there seems little prospect of a change in PR policy. Rodionenko and Mustafina: The best gyms are CSKA and Dynamo. Komova: in London we made mistakes and we even feared we wouldn’t be medallists. When we saw the results, we cried with joy. Mustaf...