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Video interview with Ablyazin, Starkin, Alfosov - translation


Translation by Liubov Baladzhaeva




Athletes are escorted throughout the airport so that they can get to the Olympic village without delays. There are a lot of soldiers with assault rifles for security reasons.

The first training for the gymnasts starts at 9:00, they usually take a bus to the gym although it’s walking distance from their accommodation. Journalists are not allowed into the Olympic village.
Aliya talks about their rooms and the village: they didn’t really have time to walk around, because they train twice a day and have to rest in between. The rooms are on the smaller side, but cozy. She’s happy with the living conditions, no complaints.
Denis Ablyazin will turn 24 in Rio. He’s one of the Russian MAG hopes for a gold medal, which they didn’t have since 2000.  Asked about who are his main competitors, he says that he sees every single gymnast in Rio as a competitor. Other than that they just take everything one training at a time and try not to think about the competition yet.  The Russian team shares the gym with the Japanese for the first hour of training, the reporter says that the Japanese are watching Ablyazin on vault.
Starkin says that for the MAG team the main competitors are US, Japan and China [weirdly, doesn’t mention GB) and the competition in MAG is extremely hard. It’s hard to get any kind of medal, not even talking about gold, but they are aiming high with Denis.
Alfosov says that EFs in MAG are going to be very interesting, because it’s a clash between European and Asian kinds of gymnastics 

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  1. Here after Mutko finish his spich russian tv shows womens team trainings on beam at Rio, you can see i will tell nthing new, bqz Tutkhalya is falling on her bb dismount in Rio at trainings. Mustafina doing absolutly new beam combination, but now includes million different turns and Melnokova is shaky on bb as well... Russia as Russia http://www.ontvtime.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view_record&id=1606&start_record=2016-08-01-22-08-09

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  2. Looks like Ignatyev is out and Stretovich is in for Russia men's team at Rio ( squad will now be Kuksenkov, Belyavskiy, Nagorny, Ablyazin and Stretovich) all credits to Rio official web page.

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  3. Ignatyev is totally out, coz now he trainings in Rio with russian alt( Shelgynova told in her IG about it).

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  4. Another news clip from russian tv about girls trainings in Rio, you can see that Paseka is normaly vaulting and Seda too, Aliya is having reest after fx https://rutube.ru/video/96f5d3603b781b2d1df332a047f6f039/?pl_type=source&pl_id=7057 and here you can see some videoclip about mens trainings and Nagorny, Alfosov interview (starts at 0:58) https://www.1tv.ru/news/issue/2016-08-01/21:00#4 both videos was filming yesterday. Side note, british, japan and korean tv was provocating girls when thy was at excursion by asking about doping :/ how disgusting!(

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  5. Here from 1:23 Seda vault and Aliya bars from russian news https://rutube.ru/video/e4529e670abfc58e8917dd7f6414d85b/?pl_type=source&pl_id=7057

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  6. russian women team in trainings in Rio at 1:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkRybw90aK0 Seda vault ans Aliya UB

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    1. Thank you so much for all the links! We really appreciate it. xxx
      PS I am so cross about the press bothering the gymnasts on their day off! That is just unfair!

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  7. Now it is official Stretovich will replays Ignatyev in olympic squad at Rio GO in team competitio http://rsport.ru/rio2016_gymnastics/20160802/1011352078.html PS really sorry for Nikita coz he skipped London bcz of Velentina fovoretism to pakhomenko and now such a disaster in Rio

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  8. Another news report at russian tv about women's team trainings in Rio including Aliya, Angelina and Maria interviews and some video from training hall :) btw Musty is struggling on turn in her fx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga6c2uWy8ig

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  9. Melnikova is OK now and training full difficulti routins agaen http://rsport.ru/rio2016_gymnastics/20160802/1011409100.html

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  10. According to Ignatyev mom in VK it was Belyavskiy and Nagornyi who betrayed Ignatyev and replaced him on team on Ivan... if it is true then God will judge them.

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  11. Some cool photos of Russian team girls and boys at excursion on Christ the Redeemer in Rio http://matchtv.ru/rio2016/matchtvnews_NI647633_Rossijskije_sportsmeny_vozle_glavnoj_dostoprimechatelnosti_Rio_12_bozhestvennyh_foto P.S. Musty is priceless!

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