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Alfosov speaks of Russian neutral participation at Worlds

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 Google translate, via TASS.


Despite a three-year ban from major international competitions, Russian gymnasts remain competitive at the world level. This opinion was expressed to TASS by the senior coach of the Russian men's team, Valery Alfosov.


🔎 "We are very closely monitoring how the strongest foreign athletes perform," Alfosov said. "We have carefully studied the video recordings of the recent European Championships, the main Asian competitions, and even watched the Pan American Games. We study everything, and then tell everything to the guys and other coaches so that they know in which direction they need to move and where they need to improve. The base [complexity] of the programs of our leading gymnasts is high, we just need to improve the quality of execution, but we are not standing still in this component either, and the Strongest Athletes Cup is proof of this."


💪"Yes, we remain competitive at the world level. But it is difficult for me to say what our gymnasts will achieve if they get the opportunity to compete at the World Championships in Indonesia.

❗Our main problem is who to send to this tournament, most Russian gymnasts do not yet have neutral status," the coach concluded.


🤸"Marinov and our other gymnast Sergei Naidin are currently recovering and will compete at the Russian Championships, but not in the all-around, but on three or four apparatuses," Alfosov said. "Marinov himself is already doing the uneven bars and the vault, which cannot be said about Naidin yet. We are really, really looking forward to them in the team."


❓"As for the possibility of their participation in the World Championships, everything is very problematic here, besides, Naidin does not have a neutral status yet. Marinov has one, and I do not rule out that Daniil will have time to recover for this tournament. This will be an individual world championship, and it will be possible to compete on individual apparatus. And Marinov can perform in floor exercises and in the vault too," the coach noted.


The Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships will be held in Sirius from September 28 to October 5, the World Championships - in Jakarta (Indonesia) from October 19 to 25.


Sources:

📝tass.ru/sport/2443...

tass.ru/sport/2444...

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