RRG is sad to report (via VK.com) the death on 2 April of 1993 World bronze medallist on floor, Natalia Bobrova. Born in 1978 in Novosibirsk, Natalia competed for the local Dynamo club, working there as a coach after the end of her competitive career. She recently moved to Tel Aviv for medical care, where the experts had hoped for a remission. Natalia had been treated for stomach cancer in Novosibirsk. Natalia had won the bronze medal all around in the Russia Cup in 1993 and was Russia's first ever individual medallist in World Championships following the break up of the Soviet Union. She will be greatly missed. Our thoughts are with her family and friends. http://youtu.be/KSRZ9fWFbfA
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