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I don’t mind long pauses before big skills. If it means a gymnast can perform a difficult skill safely, it’s good.I don't think anyone mentioned Ekaterina Lobazniuk. Apart from her 2min set up for her beam Arabian, she had many wonderful qualities. But that knee injury just ended it all for her.
That was definitely a great battle for the all-around between those four! What a strong core team, no wonder Arkayev thought he had gold in the bag and chose to flex with the other two spots.I don’t mind long pauses before big skills. If it means a gymnast can perform a difficult skill safely, it’s good.
Lobazniuk was delightful and I thought she would be the 2001 World AA champ. Was difficult for her in 99-00 with Khorkina, Produnova and Zamolodchikova strong in AA too.
Originally the last 2 spots were Elena Dolgopolova and Anna Chepeleva, with Anastasia Kolesnikova the alternate. Unfortunately, Dolgopolova picked up an injury at the pre Olympic training camp in Vladivostok.That was definitely a great battle for the all-around between those four! What a strong core team, no wonder Arkayev thought he had gold in the bag and chose to flex with the other two spots.
Did Arkayev have sexual harassment claims against him in the past few years?Originally the last 2 spots were Elena Dolgopolova and Anna Chepeleva, with Anastasia Kolesnikova the alternate. Unfortunately, Dolgopolova picked up an injury at the pre Olympic training camp in Vladivostok.
Dolgopolova was a justiable choice, her 2000 UB routine was 2nd only to Khorkina. However, there was a clear financial motivation here. Dolgopolova and Chepeleva were club mates, training in Volzhsky with Tamara Khokhlova. In 1999, Khokhlova had emigrated to Germany and Dolgopolova and Chepeleva began training full time at round lake with Arkaev as their personal coach (he already had Produnova by this point).
After the Olympics, the personal coaches of every gymnast receives a financial reward if they win medals. So Arkaev would have received half of the coaches prize pot if the team won a medal as 3 of the gymnasts were his. Plus money for any individual medals his own gymnasts won. And as the head coach of the team, an additional payment for that too.
Not to my knowledgeDid Arkayev have sexual harassment claims against him in the past few years?
I was also hoping for great things from Dong Fangxiao, but she was forced to retire in 2001 (necrosis of rhe femur).I hoped in Sydney that the next quad would see great AA battles between Yang Yun and Lobaznyuk. It was going to be wonderful.
Thank you! I can't seem to find any of the second vault videos either. But its been 22 years so.No second vault scores available, but per IG QuickHits: