Smart and opinionated, I recommend a new site out of the U.K. …
Most gymnastics blogs around the net seem to focus heavily on the reporting aspect, so the direction that my sidekick, Clara, and I will be (mostly) moving in is more opinion and commentary. We’ll do our best to be as informative as possible, but with the unique twist of our individual personalities. …
Bronwyn
So far they have a good deal of content up on the Russian and eastern European WAG.
For example, Komova & the Hype Machine:
As 2010 comes to a close, many in the gymnastics community are counting down the days until Komova is finally age eligible to compete as a senior (she turns 16 on January 30th). Like many others that boarded the Komova bandwagon back when she was barely a teenager, I’m hoping that she’ll live up the hype, her potential, promise, and the high expectations we’ve set for her.
Following Russia’s team gold and Aliya Mustafina’s crowning moment in Rotterdam, those expectations have seemed to increase exponentially; even Tim Dagget referred to her as “the best gymnast in the world.” And for once, I had to agree with him. Her parents were both gymnasts and seem to have instilled a “winning is all” attitude in her. Like many things in life, I find that hype is only good in doses. Have we set the bar too high? …
posted on Couch Gymnast by Bronwyn
read more like that on Stoi!
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She’s still a very little girl.
I like the cloud of chalk on the grunge header of the site – Stoi
Update: Russia has no shortage of super talents. Anastasia Sidorova scored scored 59-plus in the all-around — twice — at this week’s Russian Sports Schools Championships. (Russian FIG includes bonus points. )
Another young Russian with an Amanar.
Anastasia scored 56.917, winning at Top Gym in Belgium, under straight FIG rules using just a double twisting Yurchenko. And with a fall on Beam (VIDEO). … So 59 is certainly realistic.
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