Triple Full has a detailed post on the shake up in Russia.
It seems that Ukrainian coach Oleg Ostapenko, fresh from a long stint coaching the Brazilian girls, is not to work with the Ukrainian girls after all. Gazeta reports that Ostapenko … has been appointed senior coach of the Russian junior team. …
… At the recent conference of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation (FGSR), Alexander Alexandrov was assigned the post of senior coach for the Russian national women’s artistic gymnastics team. …
Rodionenko, we assume, will be the team supervisor, rather than a coach actually working with the girls.
Ostapenko to Take On Russian Juniors; Alexandrov Confirmed As Senior Coach of Senior Team
Wow.
Russia must be seriously disappointed with results over the last quadrennial.
Happily it looks like Rodionenko will stay on.
Commentary – The C Score – Really weird: Ostapenko to Russia
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