Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

Viktoria Komova at last week's press day.  Courtesy of the RGF R Sport has a new interview (published this evening)with Viktoria Komova - it provides a link to a new resource including video (see below). The headline makes much of the loss at the Tokyo World Championships, but the interview isn't really about this. Key points made in the interview are : 1 Vika watched the Russian Championships online, like so many of the rest of us did! 2 Her injury is healed to the extent that her bars and beam are back to strength, although she needs another month to restore her Amanar vault (so I guess we won't see it at Europeans). 3 The most difficult part of recovery is fitness - she says she can get through three apparatus, but the fourth is very difficult, she gets very tired and finds herself making mistakes. 4 She loves gymnastics and performing. They do get paid a salary for what they do, but even so she simply loves her work. 5 Losing in Tokyo was ve...

The All Around news site carries some more context and background to the re-election of Andrei Kostin. Kostin is the man Andrei Rodienenko credits as of critical importance to the resurgence of Russian gymnastics (see a brief media directory ). I hadn't taken on board that he is also very senior at the VTB Bank, thus cementing the crucial sponsorship arrangement between the Bank and the Federation. Let's hope this means continuing support for all the success the gymnasts are experiencing currently. A link to pictures of the Conference can be found at the Russian Federation's website .