Anastasia Grishina at this spring's European Championships. Courtesy: RIA Novosti It seems to be a long time since the Russian team has had such a prolonged quiet time in training. All I know is that currently, the teams are taking a short break before returning to Lake Krugloye. There was a control competition at the end of the last training camp, around the 25th May, but no results. This is quite normal and I hope the silence continues, if it means that everyone is just getting on with their work. Evgenyi Grebyonkin's recent interview was the epitome of controlled information release, apparently telling a lot whilst revealing very little. We have a few names to put against the competition roster, but a team's early competitive plans are always open to change. Valentina Rodionenko is taking a well earned break from her media responsibilities, judging by her recent absence from the Russian gymnastics PR scene. So we don't know which girls ...
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