At a recent control competition - Belyavski, and Nagorny. Picture courtesy of the RGF
Preparations for the pre-Olympic year are now well underway at Lake Krugloye. The men are going from strength to strength recently, developing greater depth with the addition of some talented, hard working young gymnasts to the fold. Last week, there was a control competition for them, ahead of Russian nationals which will take place between 4th and 8th March.
Youth Olympics Champion Nikita Nagorny now stands shoulder to shoulder with the former Olympians on the team and has surprised the team coaches with his rapid adjustment to conditions on the senior team: 'he looks absolutely stunning' says head coach Valentina Rodionenko. He is not the only one to have pleased the coaches: 2013 European high bar champion Emin Garibov, who has been missing from competition for about a year with shoulder injury, has been looking good enough to be promising selection for the European Championships later this spring, whether or not he makes an appearance at nationals. As Rodionenko says, let's wait and see. The team captain will only present one or two pieces, but good news of his recovery is extremely welcome as the team miss his maturity, skills and specialisms.
European all around champion in 2013, David Belyavsky has missed some training because of flu but as you can see from the picture above, he is still well enough to participate in training. Rodionenko also mentioned Nikita Ignatyev, Vladislav Polyashov and Pavel Pavlov in the report.
There is a good picture gallery on the newly redesigned RGF website at www.sportgymrus.ru.
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