Ksenia Semenova was staying up during the Worlds and watching the competition, cheering for her husband and the whole Russian team. She talked to Sport-Express about her opinion on the competition. Earlier Semenova also said on...
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Aliya Mustafina discussed the results of the women’s all-around with MatchTV. According to Mustafina, she expected Eremina to become a medalist in the all-around: “I expected it, specifically from Lena I expected it...
Seda Tutkhalian was a guest on MatchTV where she discussed the results of the women’s all-around final. She commented that Elena Eremina just got lucky to win a medal in the all-around because the main contenders got...
Angelina Melnikova gave an interview to Soviet Sport about her performance at Worlds. She said that she now feels much more confident on bars and beam – the two apparatuses that weren’t going so well for her at the...
Elena Eremina was the most successful gymnast on the Russian WAG team at these Worlds, qualifying to three finals and medalling in two of them. Eremina became 5th in the beam final, with a somewhat weaker routine than her...
Angelina Melnikova told the media that she expected a better result in the AA and that the 16th place doesn’t reflect her abilities. She is right to be upset, since after Ragan had withdrawn from the final, Melnikova had...
Svetlana Khorkina, just as Valentina Rodionenko, was left unhappy with the judging in the WAG qualifications. However, she believes that if the judging will be fair in the all-around final, both Eremina and Melnikova have a...
Angelina Melnikova talked to R-Sport reflecting on her results in qualifications. Melnikova was able to qualify only to the all-around final, since her 4th place on bars was the third result among the Russian gymnasts...
Yesterday, Russian WAG team compete in qualifications at the World Championships. They started on beam, where only two gymnasts performed, and both received relatively low scores, although everyone was judged quite harshly on...
Valentina Rodionenko talked to R-Sport after the Russian team’s podium training. Rodionenko complained that gymnasts aren’t given enough time on the apparatuses during the podium training. Maria Paseka in her...