Remember this name: Yuna Nefedova . According to the Russian Federation website, she is the next in a line of young championships to come from Tula, the home of Olympians Ksenia Semenova and Ksenia Afanasyeva. Yuna, a 14 year old, has just returned to gymnastics after a long absence due to a back injury, and took the silver medal all around, and gold medal on bars, in the recent Master of Sport competitions held as part of the Central Federal District youth competition in Obinsk. Fuller results will follow; but it's clear that Yuna is a phenomenally determined young competitor. Here she is competing bars at the 2009 Pre-Olympic Youth Cup,where she won the 12-13 year old age group all around competition against a field of German, Swiss and Dutch juniors. Link here to the video provided by Dutchfan33 on Youtube . Thanks, Dutchfan33! Gymfan.de also provides some nice pictures of her at this competition.
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