Andrei Rodionenko, courtesy of the RGF This is a fascinating glimpse inside Russian preparations for the London Olympics, kindly translated for us by Lupita, who has been working at an amazing pace today! Read here in the original Russian language Andrei Rodionenko's opinions on the injury rate in women's gymnastics, the impact of puberty on the progression of female gymnasts, the value of the Amanar vault, judging alliances and his team selection. Or see below if you want the English language translation. One of the journalists arrived at Krugloye Ozero*. He could not believe that the second training session began at 8 pm and finished at 11 pm. He stayed there to be sure that the national coach wasn’t pulling his leg. Andrei Rodionenko - The injuries they had didn’t allow us to carry out the whole volume of planned work. Mustafina, Grishina, Afanasyeva … all of them were injured. And two gymnasts went into puberty. They grow ta...
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