Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

National men's team coach Valery Alfosov , and Head Coach Andrei Rodionenko have both given recent interviews about selection of the men's team for the forthcoming Olympics.  I'm providing below a summary of the key points: National team coach Valery Alfosov confers with Anton Golotsutskov at this year's European Championships in Montpellier.  Picture courtesy of the RGF .  Rodionenko emphasised that Europeans and the Olympics are two different competitions - some of the gymnasts seen in Montpelier will make the journey to London, but not all. Results of the European Championships and Russian Cup will form only part of the decision making process which will also include subsequent control competitions.    Alfosov said that there is only a very short space of time between Europeans and Russian Cup for the men.  It is difficult to recover and prepare properly for so many consecutive competitions, and it’s to be expected that maybe not all of the gym...