Russia names Olympic gymnastics teams

Danny Sierra on July 7, 2012, 2:12pm | More Posts

The Russian Federation has named its Olympic gymnastics teams, according to Russian sports outlet R-Sport.

The teams are as follows:

Women: Viktoria Komova, Anastasia Grishina, Aliya Mustafina, Ksenia Afanasyeva and Maria Paseka.

Reserves: Tatiana Nabieva, Yulia Inshina

Men: Emin Garibov, David Belyavskiy, Denis Ablyazin, Alexander Balandin and Igor Pakhomenko.

Reserves: Nikita Ignatiev, Sergei Khorokhordin

The gymnastics competition at the 2012 London Olympics begins July 28.

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Updated on May 23, 2013, 5:42pm

Categories: russia, olympics

13 comments

Marcus 10 months ago

Meanwhile in Romania....

Anonymous Coward 10 months ago

Paseka is VERY inconsistent on her Amanar. The coaches, it's been said, are taking a "gamble" that she'll land it in team finals. The rest of the team is rather inconsistent on them as well, and many (including Musty) have poor technique and twisting ability that is likely to get them injured.

dede 10 months ago

gymnasty, I respect your opinion but I really disagree with you Mustafina is training her amanar (in that russian video they showed her do a double and then she did a jump half staright after landing). I agree with you a bit on floor and beam but I don't think she's weak I think she is really stressed.

Ny 11 months ago

Damn now they got Amanars this was the US advantage over the other countries, Now the US got to bring thier A-game

mimi 11 months ago

no anna pavlova :(

Caleb Barrus 11 months ago via Flosports for iOS

what a shame that Anna Pavolva isnt even an alternate!! I hope shevsticks around for worlds next year!! her gymnastics is so beautiful!! :(

Ivy 11 months ago

Nabieva didn't make the team? Wow.

Alun 11 months ago

Wheres this video? I really want to see Victoria's Amanar make a come back!

gym fan 11 months ago

theres a new training video and viktoria is training her amanar again

Cristian Villegas 11 months ago

This is sad, I wanted little Anita Dementyeva!!!!!

Anonymous Coward 11 months ago

no it probably means she has the only amanar..

Gymnasty 11 months ago

Aliya Mustafina looks weak after her injury. I think she can only contribute on UB. The other events she's very weak on such as fx, beam, and vault. I think she will hurt Russia chances to maybe not even finishing at the top three on the podium. At 2012 Euro she looks weak.

Javier Romero 11 months ago via Flosports for Android

Woww so this means that Paseka has a good amanar because she doesnt contribute on the other events.