I woke this morning to find a message from Caroline Teiler telling me about a new, English language subtitled, version of the iconic 1978 Soviet documentary 'You Are In Gymnastics', available on Youtube . I would like to thank Caroline and Miss Lyra, the originator of this translation, for taking the time and for sharing. I have pored over the videos of this programme, atmospheric and telling even without the words, and now this translation adds dimensions of the historic and insightful. The key 'players' you will recognise are senior national coach - Aman Shaniazov, national coach with responsibility for high level difficulty - Vladimir Zaglada, personal coach to Elena Davydova - Gennady Korshunov, Mukhina's personal coach - Mikhail Klimenko, personal coach to Shaposhnikova - Vladislav Rotstorotsky, team pianist - Evsey Vevrik and, last but certainly not least, choreographer - Emilia Sakalova. At work on the apparatus you see the team in de...
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