The peerless Viktoria Komova will have a chance to compete bars and beam if fully recovered from her recent illness The Russian teams for Antwerp have been announced ! WAG : All Around : Aliya Mustafina, Tatiana Nabiyeva Event specialists : Maria Paseka, Aliya Mustafina, Tatiana Nabiyeva, Viktoria Komova or Anna Rodionova MAG : Al l Around : David Belyavski and Nikolai Kuksenkov. Event specialists : David Belyavski, Nikolai Kuksenkov, Emin Garibov, Denis Ablyazin, Mattvei Petrov If Komova is ready, she will compete either bars or beam or both but, it seems, not all around. Sadly, Ksenia Afanasyeva, who would have been a front runner for a floor medal, is confirmed as having had an ankle operation last week, and so is out of this competition. Valentina Rodionenko says she should be back in shape in December. In as far as Grishina is concerned, Valentina says that the gymnasts selected all participated in all of the necessary qua...
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