Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

Lupita translates this interview with Andrei Rodionenko. Aliya Mustafina calculating Anna Rodionova's beam D value in Sunday's beam final Andrei Rodionenko, standing in the bus that left the arena after Mustafina’s victory on beam, said that the Worlds in Belgium had not been a success.   It’s a good thing when the head coach judges himself uncompromisingly.   I myself don’t think it was a failure. Some of the disappointments - Aliya not winning gold on bars, or Olympic medalist Ablyazin not making any final - have an interesting subtext. There are things that should rather be understood now. It’s better to correct them now, because repenting after Rio will be too late. - Andrei Fyodorovich, as you were leaving the arena, you said laconically that “Nelli Kim has behaved aggressively”.   Out of the inquiries submitted, ours was ignored and the American complaint was accepted. Was Nelli Kim behind that, like three years ago in Rotterdam? -  ...

Alexander Alexandrov speaks to Elena Vaitsekhovskaya in Sport Express . Alexander Alexandrov.  Photo : Alexander Vilf for Sport Express The World Championships came to an end last Sunday in Antwerp. We had agreed to meet with the former head coach of the national team and personal coach to Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina at the beginning of the summer, when Alexander Alexandrov accepted the proposal to coach the Brazilian team. Yelena VAITSEKHOVSKAYA Antwerp, 08.10.2013 –  I know that in Brazil they promised you pots of gold, but later it became clear that there was not even a gym to work in there. Do you regret having signed the contract? –  What can I regret now? Nobody thought that the new gym complex just built in Rio was going to be destroyed. The Brazilians tried to convince me to be their head coach, again and again. In January they assured me that a new gym would be finished in the spring. Until now, it has not been built, and this is why...

Head coach Andrei Rodioneno responds to journalists' questions in Antwerp Andrei Rodionenko stated in an interview by R-Sport that he doesn’t agree with the FIG on the judging at major international competitions. Mustafina (Russia) won gold on beam at the World Championships held in Antwerp with a 14.9 score.  The Russian team challenged immediately the score because they disagreed with the D score of Mustafina’s routine, whereas the US inquiry was taken with a positive result. 'There will be a serious discussions with the FIG Women’s Technical Committee', stated Rodionenko. 'They have a very conservative approach. We might have to prepare official documents, send letters to reach an agreement. We don’t like complaining or judging someone. Yet, I see they are loyal to the American inquiries and they rejected ours.' Valentina Rodionenko - Sport Express Valentina Rodionenko stated that the Russian gymnasts’ results at Worlds cou...

Evgeny Grebyonkin and Aliya Mustafina.  Courtesy RGF 'Nobody explained anything' Yevgeny Grebyonkin, head coach of the women’s gymnastics teams, gave an interview to Sovetski Sport about the thriller that took place today after Aliya Mustafina’s performance who became World Champion. Two inquiries were submitted at the same time by the Russian delegation and by the USA. Russia tried to challenge Mustafina’score, whose D score was downgraded for some unclear reason. The Americans challenged Ross’ score. 'Our inquiry was taken, although the score was not changed.  Yet Ross’score was changed.  Why was it so?  I don’t know.  Nobody explained anything to us.  Generally they don’t explain anything, they take the inquiry, and if they agree on the complaint, it is posted on the board.  We didn’t see any changes in Mustafina’s score.' It didn’t have any consequences, because Iordache, the favourite, fell off beam.  If Iordache had ...

it was a bronze that was more expensive than gold - natalia kalugina http://news.rambler.ru/21492374/

Lupita translates Elena Vaitsekhovskaya's interview with the World Beam Champion. ' I am very happy about how it all went' said Mustafina in the mixed zone. 'I won silver at the 2010 European Championships, but this was three years ago.' In Antwerp you performed three times on beam. Could you describe your impressions during the Championships? I felt more and more confident all along. Although I was more tired, everything went better. In qualifications I started on beam and was very nervous. It’s always difficult when you start a competition on beam. When you performed beam in the all around, you showed less difficult elements than you had foreseen.    In fact I decided to downgrade my routine to make fewer mistakes, to be more confident. Svetlana Boginskaya said that it’s very good to perform first on beam. She is absolutely right. I like competing first on beam. You don’t have time to watch the other gymnasts’ performances. ...