Random Russia sh*t

[irichluck21]

Didn;t they lift that?

 

[MaryClare]

Weird, because AINs are banned from team sports by the IOC.

Has been lifted since July. That’s why it suddenly became very crucial that UEG lifted its ban on AIN athletes. Because continental championships are the only way to qualify a full team for worlds and then the Olympics. If AIN athletes could only compete individually it wouldn’t have been such a big deal and they could have gone the World Cup route

 

[MaryClare]

Milana Kayumova interview. Her honestly regarding scores and international judging made me smile. Not many 15 year old international elites would say this!

Sport24's Anna Afonskaya spoke with Milana Kayumova and her mother about her experience competing at the Junior World Championships and the young athlete's gymnastics journey. We've excerpted a few excerpts from the interview; the full version is available at the link below.

At the Strongest Cup, you only competed on the uneven bars. What was the reason for that?
I had an ankle injury, so I couldn't compete on all the apparatuses.

Was that one of the reasons you didn't go to Manila with a full difficulty routine?
Yes, that's part of it.

How did you manage to put together your best bars routine in the World Championships final? How do you rate your performances?
I don't rate all my performances very highly. But I did the uneven bars routine—I liked it.

Do you think the judging was harsh? Or were the final scores what you expected?
Yes, the judging is different. At international competitions, they judge more harshly, and I disagree with some of the scores. In others, I expected them to give me higher scores.

Next year, you're moving up to the seniors. Are you eager to move up already?
Yes, I am. I've always watched the seniors, too. I only root for our own.

Do you have any gymnastics idols?
Angelina Melnikova.

Do you have any role models among past athletes?
Aliya Mustafina.

How did you get into artistic gymnastics? Why this sport?
Honestly, I don't know. My mom brought me to the artistic gymnastics gym when I was four, and that's where it all started.

Olga (Milana's mother): We enrolled her in artistic gymnastics at three years and ten months. Initially, I took her to try out for rhythmic gymnastics. The coaches there unanimously said we should try artistic gymnastics. We immediately ended up with Lyudmila Gennadyevna [Manko], and she definitely told us to start training in September.

Did you enjoy artistic gymnastics from the very beginning?
As a child, I don't know. I don't remember whether I wanted to or not. When I was going through puberty, there were times when I didn't like it or didn't want to train at all. But now I love it.

Who started your athletic career with?
My coach since childhood is Lyudmila Gennadyevna Manko. We've been working together since childhood at our gym; I've never transferred. I've only worked with her.

 

[Bob]

great candid answers. I wish all all teens were the same. I hate those 'I just wanted to hit 4 for 4 and do my best for the team' puke answers.

 

[MaryClare]

Yaroslav Ablyazin

 

[Passion]

Skimming through their instagrams, it looks like Denis remarried in 2022, had another son in 2023, and is still pretending Yaroslav doesn’t exist.

I hope he has a lot of success in gymnastics and Semenova can rub it in Denis’ face some day.

 

[KathySantoni]

Skimming through their instagrams, it looks like Denis remarried in 2022, had another son in 2023, and is still pretending Yaroslav doesn’t exist.

I hope he has a lot of success in gymnastics and Semenova can rub it in Denis’ face some day.

I do not know how any man can do that, especially with a child that looks just like him but maybe this is what is best for Semenova.

 

[tsarinajen]

Is Listunova likely to get clearance to compete next year? It looks like she rehabbed the Achilles tear.

 

[MaryClare]

Listunova is back-ish. Her gymnastics looks quite laboured. She withdrew from floor at the voronin cup because she felt something in her ankle but her coach has since confirmed it’s nothing serious and they just wanted to be safe.

She’s awaiting the outcome of her appeal for AIN status, but I’ve no idea what the timeline for that is. The RGF has been successful in appeal some decisions. Ekaterina Privalova was previously denied AIN status but was judging at junior worlds. I guess Listunova’s case rests upon whether the FIG will count the words and actions of a child against them forever. And if they are, at what point or age is the cut off? In 2028 we will have senior athletes who were 10 years old in 2022. Do we hold them accountable for events attended and social media posts made as children?

Is Listunova likely to get clearance to compete next year? It looks like she rehabbed the Achilles tear.

 

[MaryClare]

4 more entries to AIN register

Coaches:
Aliya Mustafina
Roman Suyetin

Athletes:
Anna Smirnova
Anastasia Bedrina

Smirnova is a UB specialist from the same coaching group as Milana Kayumova. She’s likely to be one for world cups/challenge cups.

Both coaches are involved with the junior national team, so their application is likely in anticipation of junior euros. Roman Suyetin is married to Ksenia Afanasyeva, who is also a junior national team coach.

 

[MaryClare]

As the highest combined individual scorer over the gymnastics premier league season (the final was this past weekend) Ivan Kuliak has won a car from the event sponsor.

What a deserving winner

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

As the highest combined individual scorer over the gymnastics premier league season (the final was this past weekend) Ivan Kuliak has won a car from the event sponsor.

What a deserving winner
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Hadn't realised he was still a thing. I felt sure such a brave and patriotic young man would've been off to the front lines.

 

[MaryClare]

Hadn't realised he was still a thing. I felt sure such a brave and patriotic young man would've been off to the front lines.

Conveniently he is exempt from military service as an elite athlete.