Thought it would be fun to compile a list of ex-Soviet gymnasts and coaches at the Rotterdam World Championships in an official capacity. This, in no particular order, is derived from the list of nominative registrations - please add more as I will doubtless have missed many! Anatoli Yarmovski – MAG coach, Azerbaijan Galina Marinova (Bulgaria) – guest of the BLR team and apparently of USA team! Same person? Elena Davydova with the CAN team as WAG coach Valeri Belenki – MAG coach, German delegation Andrei Rodienenko - Head of Delegation, RUS Alexander Alexandrov - WAG Team Manager, RUS Oksana Chusovitina – gymnast, German delegation (!) Andrei Popov with the GBR delegation as MAG coach Vladimir Chertkov WAG coach with India team Boris Orlov MAG coach NED delegation Elena Zamolodchikova accompanying person RUS delegation Elena Shevchenko WAG judge RUS delegation Oksana Omelianchik WAG judge UKR delegation Igor Korobchinski WAG coach UKR Artur Akopyan – WAG additional coach, USA delega...
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