David Belyavski during the All Around final at last month's European Championships. Courtesy RGF Last week, Natalia Kalugina interviewed European All Around Champion David Belyavski and his coach, Valeri Lomaev, on Radio Moscow Echo . The gymnast is back in training after a short post-European Championships break, working hard in preparation for July's Universiade at a national training camp in the German Olympic centre. He talks about upgrades to his routines (including a triple twisting Yurchenko second vault), his team and his rivals. Lupita here provides a summary of the key points : Valeri Lomaev: Training is going well. All the gymnasts are training well. David Belyavski: We will fight. I have gained experience. Natalia Kalugina: I am happy for your medal on parallel bars. They require schooling. DB: It was unexpected for me. Some of the best parallel bars specialists used to come from amongst the Russians. NK: We...
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