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Brigid McCarthy:

If any gymnast could be described as ‘the’gymnast of the last quad, in the same way Cheng Fei was described as ‘the’ gymnast of the 2004-2008 quad, for her gymnastics, her personality, her personal story, her uniqueness and presence, it has to be Aliya Mustafina. …

Couch Gymnast – Aliya Mustafina: Twelve Reasons Why…..

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Arabian Punch Front:

SuperGymmie is back making montages again …

… techno beat. I really like the opening and how the floor choreography is done to the music and the segment of hit vaults and floor passes. Reminds you how amazing this sport is!

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Queen Elizabeth:

Apparently the sports federations have meetings with Russian Sports Minister Vladimir Mutko on Monday to analyse the results of the Olympics and development plans for the coming years. At this meeting the decisions of the Coaches’ Council of the Russian Gymnastics Federation will be discussed, including the re-allocation of coaching responsibilities. …

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

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… maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me
And after all, you’re my wonderwall …

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Huang Huidan, winning UB– 6.8 15.375

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Zeng Siqi winning BB in EF

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Dallas Kingsbury at Trapeze School New York.

Catcher: Josh Cohen
Location: September 2012

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Anderson Loran is representing Canada. I’m at his club, Taiso, Saskatoon. He’s really looking forward to the competition after hearing how well it went last year.

The World Gymnast has an update on who’s competing. Kennedy Baker is out.

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Rewriting Russian Gymnastics‘ Queen Elizabeth and translator Lupita have been BUSY. Thanks.

Interview with new WAG Head Coach Evgeny Grebenkin

How do you feel after being named head coach of the gymnastics women’s team?

-You know, I feel no special emotions. I have been working with these kids for four years as a bars specialist. I’ll continue to work with them. …

– I have to ask you about your relationship with Alexander Alexandrov…

-I have a good relationship with him. I worked with Mustafina as I work on bars. We don’t have any complaints. After the meeting, we shook hands, spoke about what we would do in the future, who we would work with, which elements we would teach and so on. …

– Alexander Alexandrov said that he still doesn’t know if he will remain Mustafina’s coach. Do you know if he has made a decision?

-Today he came to the gym and worked as Mustafina’s personal coach. He is the only one who can say what his plans for the future are.

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That link includes commentary by Elizabeth:

… One thing that will need to be addressed as soon as possible is Grebenkin’s own conflicting responsibility as personal coach to both senior Diana Elkina and junior Ekaterina Baturina. …

Russia needs some young blood to take the sport forward towards Rio 2016 and beyond. 70 year old Rodionenko, 60 year old Alexandrov, 59 year old Alfosov … these coaches simply cannot go on forever. …

The interview appeared on the 26th September on the website of the Russian Ministry of Sport.

A 27th September Sovietski Sport interview with national coach Andrei Rodionenko is translated here by Lupita:

– Andrei Fiodorovich, Alexandrov’s dismissal has given rise to different reactions. Not everyone supports you.

– I am against this being called “a dismissal”. It’s a change of status. I was dismissed when I was the women’s team coach in Seoul [1988]. The Soviet team won gold and Elena Shushunova won the AA. But Arkayev (former president of the Russian Federation and head coach) considered he had to dismiss me. Nobody offered me another job! That was a real dismissal.

– How do you define the fact that Alexandrov is no longer the team’s head coach? Which word would you use?

– “Allocation of duties”. We couldn’t accept Alexandrov having two functions. …

We have to prepare for Rio today, not a year before the Olympics. It means that we have to learn from the lessons of London as soon as possible. This is how I understand my role and my responsibility. …

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If you’ve not been following this story, Andrei’s responding to this.

Lupita translates some of the proceedings from the Coaches’ Council meeting at which Alexander Alexandrov was ousted as head WAG coach.

… The personal coaches express their grievances.

‘There was no discipline in the team! When Alexandrov arrived, we talked about discipline and of having control of the gymnasts’. But he failed …

It was a pity and a shame to watch our girls in training. No other gymnast from another country behaved like that. The Romanians, the Americans, all worked quietly, listening to their coaches, repeating the elements …

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FIG-slideshow tribute to the fans & Men´s Artistic Gymnastics in London

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