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Russian Gymnastics Championships 2014 - the schedule

Picture credit : Aliya Mustafina group on VK.com

Russian Championships begin tomorrow and the gymnasts' Instagram accounts have so far given visual evidence that Viktoria Komova and Aliya Mustafina have at least travelled to Penza.  You can click on the following link to find a summary of who else is planning to appear.  http://www.rewritingrussiangymnastics.blogspot.co.uk/#!http://rewritingrussiangymnastics.blogspot.com/2014/03/russian-national-wag-championships.html

Lake Krugloye on Tumblr has kindly translated the full schedule for the women's competition.  I haven't heard anything about live streaming, but will publish any information I do find as soon as I can.

Tuesday 1 April

10:00 - 14:05 Junior podium training
15:30 - 19:35 Senior podium training

Wednesday 2 April

Junior AA Qualification and Team Final

12:00 - 13:50 Subdivision 1 (Northwestern, Siberian, Southern, Moscow I, Volga)
14:00 - 15:50 Subdivision 2 (Ural, Central, Far Eastern, Saint Petersburg, Moscow II)

Thursday 3 April

Senior AA Final and Team Qualification

12:00 - 13:50 Subdivision 1 (Southern, Northwestern, Central I, Central II, Siberian)
14:00 - 15:50 Subdivision 2 (Volga, Ural, Moscow, Far Eastern, Saint Petersburg)

Friday 4 April

12:00 - 13:50 Junior AA Final

Saturday 5 April

11:00 - 13:00 Senior Team Final

Sunday 6 April

11:00 - 13:00 Junior & Senior Event Finals

All times in Moscow time

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