2012 Olympians Viktoria Komova, Anastasia Grishina, Ksenia Afanasyeva, and Nikolai Kuksenkov will compete in the Voronin Cup, Moscow, 15-17 December. Aliya Mustafina, Emin Garibov, Denis Ablyazin and Alexander Balandin are out with injury or in recovery - expect them back next spring. http://itar-tass.com/sport/1629215
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How long since a gymnast medals in two Olympic AA she defends her medal. Four years later.
ReplyDeleteThe last time it was 16 years ago and it was Amanar( she was 3rd in Atlanta 1996 and 2nd in Sydney 2000 before Radukan DQ). From the Soviet union or ex USSR last time that was 40 years ago and it was The Greatest Tourischeva ( who was in Munich 1972 1st and in Montreal 1976 3rd in AA).
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