Aliya Mustafina and team candidate Seda Tutkhalyan - both from Moscow Five days left before the MAG European Championships open in Switzerland, and Russian gymnast Nikita Nagorny is posting videos of himself practicing a full twisting Roche vault - I wonder if he will compete it in Berne? The men's team seems fairly well prepared and ready to travel as announced some weeks ago - Kuksenkov, Belyavski, Ignatyev, Nagorny, Ablyazin. But the composition of the women's team, who will travel to their first major competition of 2016 next week, seems somewhat undecided. Will Natalia Kapitonova make her major senior debut in June, or will Seda Tutkhalyan, her dynamic yet unpredictable rival, grace Russia's team? Or will other gymnasts be brought into play; will further, unexpected, changes be made? If head coach Valentina Rodionenko's recent announcement is to be believed, it is a simple case of replacing the injured Maria Paseka (a vault specialist) with Natalia ...
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Does anyone know how we can watch the live stream in the US? Or if there is a free live stream online?
ReplyDeleteGoogle Match Tv Arena channel's stream. They showed every Russian performance with Emin Garibov as one of the commentators.
DeleteNBC Sports.com has live streaming for each apparatus. They also have replays for everything! The app for smart phones and tablets is great! But I think its only for the US.
DeleteI am not going to watch TF tonight. I just cant, my cant cant take another TF. She is going to sue me if i do. I will be looking for results.
ReplyDeleteOMG. They made it!!!! Silver!!!! I said I wouldn't watch but I did. I am literally soabing and my cat has gone under the bed. Congrats girls. Congrats Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the silver medalists. Russia goes home with two team silvers. That is an amazing job to the gymnasts. Russian moment of the meet, Seda hitting beam!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the Russian Team - they won the silver! It was a tight competition for silver and bronze. Going into the last rotation I thought China was a lock for silver and Japan for bronze. It was so nice to see the Russians smile, cry for joy, hug, cry for more joy, and rejoice.
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