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Happy Birthday, Ksenia Afanasyeva!

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Ksenia, who turns 24 today, will most likely be team captain in Glasgow, assuming she does well in the forthcoming series of qualifying events for Worlds and makes the team!

Ksenia has an impressive list of honours to her name, going back as far as her international senior debut in 2007.  She has won gold medals at World, European and Universiade and has competed at two Olympics so far, winning silver with her team in London 2012.

Quiet determination and a strong need to fulfill her team responsibilities seem to fuel Ksenia's continuing improvement.  This stylish and powerful gymnast has an ability to maintain discipline and fitness even during injury down times - a talent that has been essential to her impressive competitive longevity.

She is a kind, supportive and inspirational team captain who has substantial moral and physical courage.  Her expressive brand of gymnastics pays respect both to the classical tradition of fine technique, and to the current trend for high level difficulty and acrobatics.

Have a happy birthday today, Ksenia - and good luck as your career develops! 


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  1. Rolando Pinacho14 September 2015 at 06:28

    My gosh, I love her.

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  2. Vintage Reading14 September 2015 at 23:06

    Happy birthday, indeed! I think she is simply the best Russian gymnast today. Reminds me of the great Elena Mukhina. I love her elegant attitude spins on the floor.

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