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Maria Paseka…Russia’s 5th Olympic Team Member?

Maria Paseka

Russian head coach Alexander Alexandrov recently stated that Aliya Mustafina, Viktoria Komova, and Anastasia Grishina were essentially locks for the Olympic team.  Based on the way things have played out this year, that’s certainly the way it was looking to all of us too.   The other two spots have appeared to be up for grabs amongst ...

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Russians Unveil New Skills At Moscow Championships

Grishina pose

  A while back I posted a blog entitled “Russia’s Ten Little Indians,” highlighting the ten female gymnasts I consider to be in contention for this summer’s Olympic team:     Aliya Mustafina: 2010 world all-around champion   Viktoria Komova: 2011 world all-around silver medalist   Ksenia Afanasyeva: 2010 world floor champion and 2008 Olympian   Anna Dementieva: 2011 European all-around champion   Anastasia Grishina: 2011 Russian ...

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Russia’s “Ten Little Indians”

Ten Little Indians

With the Games in London set to begin in less than seven months, the Olympic selection season is essentially here for all participating countries in London - the final four of which will be determined at the Olympic Test Event in just a couple of days.   Russia has already solidified Olympic team berths on both the ...

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USA Wins It!!!

s team 2011

The team final that most expected would be a tight race between the USA, China, and Russia ended up being a landslide, with the USA easily regaining the world team title it last won in 2007.  The Americans were absolutely rock solid and delivered perhaps their best team performance ever under the pressure-filled, three-up-three-count format.   The ...

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