CORRECTION - Valentina Rodionenko said : 'Grishina is a second Komova', NOT that she is the Russian team's second all arounder. This was my mistake, and not Lupita's . I apologise for the error which crept in as I hurriedly edited the piece while getting ready for a Saturday night out. Thanks to Lupita, who helped me with translation of the key points from this brief television coverage of yesterday's women's all around. Valentina Rodionenko says : it’s a shame that Nastia Grishina could not perform in this competition due to an injury, because she is a second Komova. The fourth all-arounder is Afanasyeva. Vika Komova says : I’m not entirely satisfied with my performance yet. I still don’t perform the Amanar, I didn’t have time to work on it and I had some problems with my spins. The rest is: Komova’s mum was a judge in the competition, Mustafina was second in the AA, first in the team competition
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