Olympic vault medallist Maria Paseka practices floor in training recently An interview with Head Coach for the women, Evgeny Grebyonkin, is summarised below. There are only a few days to go before the world championships, and there are still some gymnasts who are suffering from illnesses and injury and cannot compete - Grishina, Afanasyeva, Komova. The girls had their day off on Sunday, and so on Monday we'll see how they are doing. Nabiyeva is expected to be in the all around final, and we also hope to see her in vault and bars. Rodionova will go on beam - this is her first competition, so we don't know what to expect, as she didn't even compete much at junior level internationally. She doesn't have particularly high D values, so the main purpose of this competition is to give her experience. Rodionova is a girl for the future, she is building her difficulty. We are just hoping that this will be a positive start for her and give her a good base for the fu...
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