Komova, Nabieva, Mustafina, Inshina, Afanasyeva - all included in the team selection for the London Olympics Head National Coach Andrei Rodionenko on Sunday announced the names of those gymnasts who will be preparing for the forthcoming Olympic Games in London (reports Eurosport ). The gymnasts were selected according to three criteria : Results at the Russian Championship, European Championship and Russia Cup. How the gymnasts had implemented their routines, and their compliance with 'model characteristics', complexity and quality of execution. Moral, strong-willed and feisty qualities at the highest levels of competition WAG : Ksenia Afanasyeva, Victoria Komova, Aliya Mustafina, Anastasia Grishina, Tatiana Nabieva, Maria Paseka, Anastasia Sidorova and Yulia Inshina MAG : Denis Ablyazin, Alexander Balandin, David Belyavsky, Emin Garibov, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Nikita Ignatyev, Sergey Khorokhordin, Igor Pakhomenko Of the eight gymnasts sel...
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