Great article translated by RussianGymnasts.net:
17.07.2012
All the work at the gyms at Round Lake is focussed on the Olympics these days. No-one who is not directly involved in working with the national team that is going to London is here. Everyone but the main team and the alternates has gone home. The team is training under the laws of the Games, (men) starting workouts at 9 in the evening and finishing them at 11.
… The alternates are training alongside the main team. It’s hard to envy them. After 21 July, when the team flies to London, they will stay at Round Lake. And only on the day the team takes the podium at the Olympics will they go home — at that point no more replacements are allowed. …
… “A harsh requirement was made for anyone looking to make the team”, women’s head coach Aleksandr Aleksandrov said, “to do a high-difficulty vault. Maria Paseka did it and without any second thoughts she was put in the team. …
Captain Kseniya Afanasyeva:
“I’m worried about everything. I’m worried about our girls’ health and hoping everything is fine and no-one is going around crying or stressing to much, so that there is no depression. Because the Games are tough. When I came back from Beijing it was hard, I remember that. Because of coming home with nothing, after training for four years. I went through that and I don’t want the other girls to be left with thoughts like that. But we have a strong team. We’ll win with beauty!” …
We’ll win with beauty! – The Russian team training at Round Lake
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