Polina Fyodorova has qualified to beam finals in the Osijek finals; could she be a last minute addition to Worlds? Russia's sponsor, VTB Bank, has published a picture gallery of the Russian team in training. Those featured include Aliya Mustafina, Tanya Nabiyeva, Maria Paseka and, recumbent and face down, clinging to the hand of one of her team mates, young Anna Rodionova. The resurgent men's team is also depicted in this candid collection of images. It's a great record with photographs by Sergei Kivrin. Self-possessed, looking strong - Aliya Mustafina Of course, we still do not really know who the Russians will field as the final four in their Antwerp team ... the WAG team has been riddled with injuries and illness, and recently Andrei Rodionenko has also been blaming the wide variety in formats of FIG competitions for the problems the team faces in making team selections ... basically saying, do we train specialists, or all arounders? You can read a full ...
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