Arina Alekseevna Averina. Born on August 13, 1998 in the Volga region, Nizhny Novgorod region. Russian rhythmic gymnast. Master of Sports of international class.

Father is a football player. Mother Oksana Averina did gymnastics.

Twin sister - also a famous rhythmic gymnast.

The older sister, Polina Averina, was a member of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team.

Arina, like her twin sister Dina, began doing rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 4. Then the parents brought the twins to Larisa Belova, who became their first coach. By the way, the daughter of their first coach, Irina Belova, is an Olympic champion in gymnastics.

Irina Belova said: “Before that, I already knew the family of Dina and Arisha - their older sister Polina did gymnastics with me. The kids always came with their mother to meet Polina. They were very restless: they always tried to climb higher on the gymnastics rail. I was still afraid that they might fall, but mother Oksana was very calm about this, because she knew that her daughters were very independent... They were very purposeful, diligent and demanding of themselves.”

Her serious sports career began at the age of 11.

Since September 2011, she began training at the Novogorsk Training Center. She and Dina were noticed at the “Young Gymnast” competition, and after the training camp in Croatia they were invited to the training center with Vera Nikolaevna Shatalina.

The sisters had problems with growth. So, at the age of 12 they looked 9. Because of this, their career could not have happened. But then they were already in the Russian youth team and the coach decided to examine the girls - doctors studied their bones, phalanges of the fingers to determine what their growth zone was. No pathologies were identified. They reduced their workload a little, added more fish and sour cream to their diet - and the athletes began to grow.

Until the age of 12, Arina studied in a regular school, but not with the whole class, but individually in all subjects except music, drawing, physical education, labor and life safety. Just like her sister.

Since 2014, Arina and Dina began to go to more serious competitions. They took part in the Moscow Championship, where Dina became the 2014 Moscow champion, and Arina was second.

Next, the girls went to Israel, to the Holon Grand Prix 2014. This time Arina won, beating her sister by only 0.048 points. Then Arina goes alone to the “Baltic Hoop 2014” in Riga and takes second place in the all-around, and in the finals of the clubs and ribbon competition she takes a silver medal, a bronze medal for the hoop and, finally, gold in the ball performance. In total, she won 5 medals.

At the 2014 Russian Championship in Penza, Arina competed with a hand injury. In the all-around, like her sister, she did not take any prizes, but in the ball final she received a gold medal. In the final with hoop - bronze, with clubs - silver.

At the Luxembourg Trophy 2014, Arina took second place in the all-around.

In 2015, she performed at the annual Grand Prix stage in Moscow, where, due to an unfortunate mistake with the ribbon, she became only thirteenth in the all-around.

At the Spring Cup in Krasnoyarsk she competes in the finals, winning two gold medals (ball, ribbon), one silver (hoop) and one bronze (clubs). At the Moscow Championship she takes second place in the all-around, losing three points to her sister, and is selected for the Russian Championship.

In the team championship at the Russian Championship in Penza, he takes first place, becomes second in the all-around and adds gold to his collection in the finals with hoop and clubs, and is in second position with ball and ribbon.

At the international senior tournament in Pesaro she becomes the first in a team with Dina, and in the finals in individual events she wins two golds in an exercise with a ribbon and a ball. A real triumph for the gymnast was her performance in Corbeil-Essonne, where Arina won five gold medals out of a possible five - for the all-around and all finals. By the way, in the ribbon final, Averina shared the first step of the podium with her sister.

At international tournaments in Budapest and Sofia, Arina takes 3rd and 2nd places in the all-around, respectively.

In 2016, Arina and Dina Averin began to be called “the secret weapon of the Russian national team,” who replaced the leaders of Russian rhythmic gymnastics. Dina and Arina have been given additional responsibility, and throughout the season they have been proving their right to compete in tournaments together with the first numbers of the national team.

In the all-around at the Grand Prix stage in Moscow, Arina took third place in the all-around, became second in clubs and first in ribbon. She is sent to the World Cup in Lisbon, where she places fifth in the all-around and second in the ribbon final.

2017 was a triumphant year for the Averin sisters.

At the World Games in Wroclaw, she took four medals, of which three were gold - she won in the exercises with hoop, ribbon and ball, and was also third in the exercises with clubs.

At the European Championships in Budapest, she took three golds - in the team, as well as in exercises with the ball and clubs.

At the World Championships in Pesaro, Arina won five medals, two of which were of the highest standard (ball and ribbon). She was also second in all-around and hoop exercises, third in clubs.

In the all-around (i.e. in the absolute championship) she lost only to her sister Dina, who won with a total of 74.700 points, Arina - 73.450.

Arina Averina - ball (World Championships in Pesaro 2017)

Arina Averina's height: 164 centimeters.

Personal life of Arina Averina:

Single. At the moment, the young athlete devotes herself entirely to rhythmic gymnastics.

Achievements of Arina Averina:

World Championships:

Gold - Pesaro 2017 - ball
Gold - Pesaro 2017 - ribbon
Silver - Pesaro 2017 - all-around
Silver - Pesaro 2017 - hoop
Bronze - Pesaro 2017 - clubs

European Championships:

Gold - Budapest 2017 - team
Gold - Budapest 2017 - ball
Gold - Budapest 2017 - clubs

World Games:

Gold - Wroclaw 2017 - hoop
Gold - Wroclaw 2017 - ball
Gold - Wroclaw 2017 - ribbon
Bronze - Wroclaw 2017 - clubs

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

"SE" tells the story of twin sisters - the new leaders of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team

ZAVOLZHIE - THE PLACE WHERE TALENTS ARE BORN

Dina and Arina were born in 1998 in Zavolzhye, a small town in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Of their 19 years, 15 of them have been doing gymnastics. Due to serious preparation, the sisters switched to individual training, and then graduated from school as an external student. Now they are studying at Lesgaft University in St. Petersburg.

THREE SISTERS

The twins have an older sister, Polina. It was she and her mother who brought the girls to the gym. Polina herself did not become a gymnast, concentrating on her studies. The sisters are friendly with each other, and the eldest supports the younger ones and is proud of their successes.

FAMOUS NOVOGORSK

Every gymnast dreams of one day getting to the main base of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team and working under the supervision of the great coach Irina Viner-Usmanova. The sisters ended up at a base near Moscow in 2011, where they live and train together.

SHATALINA'S WARDS

The Averins train with Vera Shatalina. Six years ago, the acquaintance with the future mentor happened almost by accident - Shatalina arrived in Novogorsk, where at that moment the gymnastic mats were being re-rolled, and saw two athletes who had arrived for a tryout. Parents said that if the girls are not accepted, they are thinking about the possibility of ending their careers and focusing on their studies. After the first training session, Shatalina admitted that she asked herself the question: can she now work without Dina and Arina? Vera Nikolaevna treats the Averins like daughters; this atmosphere developed in their small team as soon as the young gymnasts began training with a specialist.

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MUTUAL SUPPORT

Athletes always sincerely support each other, experience failures and happy moments together. According to the sisters, they have no envy or jealousy; each knows how to find the right words to cheer up her sister at a difficult moment. Both consider this the key to success.

ONE INSTAGRAM FOR TWO

Girls actively use social networks. They maintain one Instagram page for two. The sisters have no secrets from each other, and since they are always together - both in life and in photos, everything looks quite logical. And the fans, as a rule, support both Dina and Arina.

HELP FROM KANAYEVA

Two-time Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva, after finishing her sports career, became a coach, works in Novogorsk and often gives Averin valuable advice. The gymnasts admitted that these tips were very helpful more than once.

SIMILAR, BUT STILL DIFFERENT

The girls admit that they are often confused - but only by new acquaintances. The longer people know athletes personally, the fewer awkward situations that arise. In fact, if you look closely, there are slight differences in the twins' facial features. Arina's are smoother and more subtle, Dina's are more strong-willed.

Previously, the sisters preferred to dress the same, but now they are increasingly choosing different outfits. So the best advice for those who cannot distinguish Dina from Arina at competitions is to look first at the swimsuits. And then to the faces - soon you will understand who is who.

CRITICISM AS A STIMULUS

Different people look for different motivations to move forward; for the Averins, the main motivator is constructive criticism. Understanding mistakes, correcting them and becoming better - this is the path you need to move towards victories.

SWEET INDULGENCE

Desserts have always been considered taboo for fragile gymnasts, but the Averins say that for them there is no such prohibition. It’s just that girls are quite indifferent to sweets. Apparently, the whole point is that the sisters don’t have any special problems with extra grams, they naturally have slender figures, and constant training helps them keep themselves in good shape.

Based on the results of the Universiade in Kazan and a number of other major competitions that took place last summer, candidates for the national teams in various sports were selected. As Irina Viner, president of the Federation and head coach of the Russian team, noted, there is a good trend: most candidates make their way into big-time sports from the provinces. Irina Alexandrovna calls them “stars“...

Great future

“I see a great future for many young participants,” she noted. - For example, and. Next year the girls will perform in the adult program. Then I will watch them carefully. Next year will be the Youth Olympic Games, where all participants will have another great chance to prove themselves and prove their potential.

These twin sisters from the Volga region are often written about in the federal press and abroad. Unfortunately, in their native land only a narrow circle of rhythmic gymnastics fans know them. Let's try to fill this gap. Moreover, this year the “artists” turned 14 years old - a key moment in their career in this sport.

Sisters Dina and Arina Averina have been doing rhythmic gymnastics since they were four years old. Until the age of 12, girls studied in a regular school. But not with the whole class, but individually in all subjects, except music, drawing, physical education, labor and life safety. Most of their time is spent training. The most interesting thing is that, while in a provincial town, they became members of the Russian national team. And then their sports career “took” them to Moscow, to the Olympic Training Center, bypassing the Nizhny Novgorod Olympic Reserve School. This is more than a rarity for the province. Now the Averins are candidates for master of sports, multiple winners and champions of Russian and international competitions, members of the Russian junior national team. Moreover, Dina and Arina represent the team of the armed forces of the Volga Federal District! The training schedule is very strict - every day from 10 to 13 hours and from 14 to 17. And you also have to study school subjects...

The sisters train with Vera Shatalina, the senior coach of the country's youth team according to an individual program. Vera Nikolaevna is an honored coach of Russia. Coach of Olympic champion, two-time world champion, five-time European champion Alina Kabaeva and world champion Olga Kapranova. Irina Viner herself observes the classes.

Ordinary children

When it comes to twins, their loved ones are always asked how they tell them apart? For a coach, sisters are different.

Dina is a 100% athlete and is very worried if she doesn’t take first place. Arisha is softer, she worries about her sister and all her rivals, she says Vera Shatalina. - I can even tell them apart by their voices when I talk on the phone.

People call such young talents “children deprived of childhood.” This is fundamentally wrong. Nothing human is alien to young athletes - they are ordinary children! But if you analyze the educational and free time of juniors and ordinary children, it is approximately the same. Only the former spend their “free” time training, while others spend their “free” time sitting in front of the computer—modern children don’t particularly like walking and breathing air. Everyone has their own results: some have health and success, others have damaged vision.

In July of this year, it was held in Penza, bringing together 152 participants from all over the country. Such intensity of passions among young creatures had not been observed for a long time - sky-high sporting horizons awaited the winners. The Nizhny Novgorod team took second place. Arina Averina took second place in the all-around, won the exercise with a hoop, and won silver after performing with a ribbon and a ball. Dina took gold in the performance with clubs and two bronze medals in the all-around and with ribbons. By the way, the tournament in Penza became a qualifying tournament for the trip to the fifth Russian-Chinese Youth Games in Shanghai.

According to the sisters' coach, a good trend is now beginning to prevail in the sports world: the majority of Olympic geniuses are from the provinces. Thus, in the national rhythmic gymnastics team born in 1999, which includes the Averina sisters, there is only one Muscovite. Ira Annenkova is from Sochi, and Yulya Bravikova is from Orel.

In October, the Averina sisters are going to participate in the Russian Cup. And then a “tour” of international competitions. The girls are not told in advance where they will go - they must always be ready to perform.

June 11, 2017, 11:41 pm

In my last post, many people wanted to know more about our wonderful artists. So who is the number one of the national team now?

Personalities

Alexandra Soldatova.

Alexandra Sergeevna Soldatova(born June 1, 1998) - Russian gymnast, member of the Russian national team, two-time world champion in the team event (2014, 2015), two-time European champion in the team event (2015,2017), Russian champion in the individual all-around (2016), bronze medalist in the all-around championship of Russia in rhythmic gymnasium (2014).

Programs 2017.

Hoop:

In my opinion, this is Sasha’s most beautiful exercise. I think many people remember the beautiful Yulia Barsukova at the 2000 Olympics, and now, 17 years later, a new wonderful swan appears in the world of gymnastics.

Sasha is often called the most flexible gymnast in the country.

Crown element

Alexandra went to the Olympics in Rio as a reserve

Sasha is trained by Anna Vyacheslavovna Dyachenko (Shumilova)

Excerpts from the interview

Without perseverance, hard work and patience, one does not become a champion. Your coach Anna Dyachenko said that there was a time when you and she drove from Dmitrov by car to Novogorsk every morning and you slept in the back seat. This is true?

Yes. I didn’t start living and training in Novogorsk right away; I had to leave Dmitrov early in the morning to get to Novogorsk on time. Anna Vyacheslavovna put me in the back seat, I had a pillow there, I fell asleep on the way and woke up already at the entrance to the gate of the base. But it's okay, these are minor things. If you want to achieve something, you will have to deny yourself a lot and be patient.

Sasha, why rhythmic gymnastics? This is love at first sight?

No. It turned out really funny. In Sterlitamak, where I’m from, my mother brought... my brother to the rhythmic gymnastics section to sign up. We simply didn’t know then that gymnastics can be different - sports and artistic. We were told that where they wanted to send my brother, everything was only for girls, then my mother was not at a loss and said: “I have a girl too, take it!” I don’t remember my first training sessions; I was little; the awareness of gymnastics came to me only when I was already in third grade.

You have excellent physical data for gymnastics, I can assume that everything worked out the first time?

Far from it. I agree that I have flexibility, stretch, and good feet, but, for example, I lack dexterity. Dina and Arina Averina, in terms of working with the subject, are stronger than me, they are like that by nature.

Which subject is more difficult for you?

I can’t say that some are more difficult and some are easier. I'm still at the stage of perfecting my skills and comprehending something new.

To get into the Russian national team, you have come a long way. Sterlitamak - Dmitrov - Novogorsk.

They also forgot Pushkino! From Sterlitamak my family moved to Pushkino, from there I ended up in Dmitrov, where I waited with bated breath... for me to be sent back to Pushkino. First training, second, week, second, third, and then they told me: “You stay here!” My emotion was lightning fast, but meager: “Yes. Good!” I’ll say right away that I didn’t experience any longing for my mother and family, as many girls do at the age of 12. I calmly accepted the fact that I would live separately from my parents and without their care. She was independent!

First meeting with your coach Anna Dyachenko. Did you expect to fall under her care?

I didn’t expect it, but from the first day we had a wonderful duet. From the first day, I caught her every remark. The girls and I even competed to see who would stand closest to her during training, who would be the first to ask about something, who would write or call her. She is wonderful in every way!

Sasha, how did you get to the training camp with Irina Viner?

It didn’t happen to me that I somehow unexpectedly saw Irina Alexandrovna at a training session or she unexpectedly came to the gym, and there I was. She knows who trains with her. We came to the training camp, I saw how Irina Aleksandrovna worked with other gymnasts, how she communicated. Then, when she became part of the Russian national team, she began to pay more attention to me and, naturally, there was more communication. Irina Aleksandrovna is a strict and very attentive mentor.

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Arina and Dina Averina

Arina.

Arina Alekseevna Averina August 13, 1998 - Trans-Volga region) - Russian rhythmic gymnast, member of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team, International Master of Sports. Multiple winner and prize-winner of all-Russian and international tournaments, three-time European champion.

Programs

Dina

Dina Alekseevna Averina(August 13, 1998 - Trans-Volga region) - Russian rhythmic gymnast, member of the Russian gymnastics team, Three-time European Champion 2017, Absolute Champion of Russia 2017, Master of Sports of international class. Multiple winner and prize-winner of all-Russian and international tournaments.

Programs

Joint demonstration

Dina in pink, Arina in blue

The sisters are trained by Vera Nikolaevna Shatalina. She also trained Alina Kabaeva.

Excerpt from interview with Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova:

Can we say that in some places Dina and Arina even exceeded their capabilities, in others they surprised us with their results?

The fact is that Dina and Arina were, as we say, “stunt performers” from an early age, and now the program is such that all this counts. Previously, we also had very strong girls, and Alina Kabaeva did amazing things, but not everything counted. Therefore, their time has come. But they lacked a little feeling, lacked expressiveness, they did it all like a thread. And now they do it expressively, they try to make all the exercises very “characteristic” and these movements, tricks, these risks, these interesting masterful elements merge with the music. So that they organically emphasize it, and in Budapest they succeeded.

Arina Dina

private photos

With parents and older sister Polina

Dina on the left, Arina on the right

Together with the team doctor - Dmitry Ubogov

Arina on the right, Dina on the left

Dina, Arina, sister Polina, mother Ksenia
Arina on the right, Dina on the left

Arina Dina

The girls dreamed of standing in group exercises, but due to their short stature they were not accepted.

Arina on the left, Dina on the right

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Group exercises

(Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasia Tatareva, Anastasia Maksimova, Maria Tolkacheva, Vera Biryukova - Rio 2016)

Programs

3 balls + 2 jump ropes

5 hoops

Now it’s difficult to talk about the main composition, since it is constantly changing. But most often the following gymnasts are included.

Anastasia Bliznyuk

Anastasia Ilyinichna Bliznyuk(born June 28, 1994, Zaporozhe, Ukraine) - Russian gymnast. Two-time Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics in group all-around (2012, 2016); world and European champion.

Nastya returned to sports after a serious illness - leptospirosis.

The whole country was worried when you got sick, you found yourself in a difficult situation. How did you manage to continue your career?
“I didn’t even know I was so seriously ill.” My kidneys failed...Irina Aleksandrovna Wiener treated me in Germany. At first they said that perhaps the kidneys would not start. There is very little chance that I will always live on dialysis.

But thank God I recovered. And she started working in Novogorsk as a second-team coach. Somehow it turned out that I decided to lose weight and get in shape. And this grew into the training process.

I got into the second team. I proved to everyone that I can and want to. I will stand on this team! And made it to the main team.

In general, there is a lot of competition in Russia. Only when it was the last week before the Olympics did I realize that I would compete in Rio. Every start is a very big struggle. If you make any mistake even during training, they will remove you at any moment. It doesn’t matter that I was an Olympic champion and that the girls won the World Championships. The road started from scratch

More excerpts from the interview:

Nastya! You are the second two-time Olympic champion in the group in our history. There was also London gold.
- The third one is also Elena Posevina and Natalya Lavrova... Of course, I am incredibly happy and grateful to Irina Aleksandrovna Viner for this victory. I was able to overcome myself, recover from illness, and return with faith in my strengths and capabilities. Thanks to the whole team who helped a lot. This road was extremely difficult. But when you realize that you did everything, the taste of victory becomes the sweetest.

- And for five Olympics in a row we take two golds in rhythmic gymnastics.
- I think that only Irina Alexandrovna. Everything rests on Wiener.

For me she is like a mother. Because she saved my life when I got sick. I was born again! And they gave me the chance to perform in Rio.

- How to prepare yourself mentally for the new Olympic cycle?
- You know why you are doing this. But our training is insanely hard. And this medal was more difficult for me than the first one. Apparently I was younger then. And now I thought: “Maybe I can still do this? Maybe that's not all?

I left gymnastics in 2013 after the World Championships. Now she's back. And I think: “But I can do more!”

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Anastasia Tatareva

Anastasia Alekseevna Tatareva(born July 19, 1997) - Russian gymnast. Olympic champion (2016). Honored Master of Sports of Russia. World and European champion.

Excerpts from the interview

– The life of gymnasts is very short. Many people have only one Olympics, then they have to end their career... Doesn’t this scare you?
– Life is beautiful, and there are so many interesting things in it! I'm not afraid that I'll have to say goodbye to sports. This is fine. I study at the university - at the correspondence department of the Institute of International Relations. So this is probably what I will do later. Life will show.

- Interesting choice. Perhaps you speak a foreign language well?
- English. Not bad, but I need to learn more - that’s what I’ll do. There is a lot of language practice at competitions!

– Do you still have time to study?
- All my energy goes into training. Especially when preparing for competitions. We have to study on Skype... And they send us assignments, we complete them and send them back.

– Teachers don’t give discounts, don’t they simplify the task?
- No. And who am I to make my task easier? (laughs).

– You compete in the team all-around. Don't want to go into private view?
– By the way, I started in the personal. Then they invited me to join the team... No, I don’t want to - I like it better on a team - here, of course, there is greater responsibility. But you feel that we are together. There is something called “team spirit”. We have a very friendly team. If we quarrel, it’s rare. And we quickly make up.

– Do you know that you are compared on forums with Alina Kabaeva?
- I have not heard about that! It seems to me that we are completely different. I’m not like her... I think you need to remain yourself, not strive to be like others.

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private photos

Vera Biryukova

Vera Leonidovna Biryukova(born April 11, 1998 - Omsk) - Russian gymnast. Member of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team. Master of Sports of Russia of international class. Champion of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Honored Master of Sports. European champion.

Interview

Vera Biryukova “burst” into the Rio Olympics with the speed of a meteor and almost at the last moment. Even a month and a half before the Games, neither numerous fans of rhythmic gymnastics, nor the Omsk “artist” herself even thought about such a development of events.

“If I had any hopes of getting into the main team, then a couple of months before the Olympics they almost disappeared,” says Vera. “I worked calmly in the second team, trained and didn’t really count on anything. Judge for yourself: there is nothing left before the Games, who will make changes to the existing group? But it turned out that one of the girls was injured, and the coaches decided to try me. And you know, it turned out well. Even Irina Aleksandrovna Viner praised me. She said, almost imperceptibly, that a new person had joined the group. “You’ll go to Kazan, and we’ll see there,” were her words. There were only two starts left before the Olympic Games: the World Cup stages in Kazan and Baku. To be honest, I thought that after Kazan I would be removed from the team. But this did not happen either after Kazan or after Baku! But I was able to believe that I was going to Rio only on the plane flying to Brazil.

- Did you manage to have a good rest after the Games?
- Yes, the whole team sent us to the sea, we vacationed in Sardinia, it was great. Then each went to their hometown. I also enjoyed spending a week at home.
- Did you remember with your mother how it all began?
- From the sea and Turkey! We rested there, and my mother only had time to make sure that I didn’t climb where I shouldn’t. The energy was overflowing! Well, I always loved to dance, I “bent” in all directions. Then my mother suggested that I try gymnastics. I immediately agreed, although I actually had no idea what it was! Maybe I saw it on TV a couple of times. When we returned home, my mother brought me into the hall. And that’s how I started training at the age of five. My mother said that parents were not allowed to attend training so that the children would not be distracted. But she managed to peek out the window. He says I always tried, I didn’t slack. I trained conscientiously, even if the coach left the gym. Although I myself don’t remember that time well.

- And the first medal?
-I remember. At school competitions I shared first place with another girl.

- You once mentioned that as a child, your idol in gymnastics was Laysan Utyasheva. But Omsk residents traditionally call Irina Chashchina, Evgenia Kanaeva...
- Irina and Evgenia are great gymnasts. But it’s true: I admired Laysan. I always liked the way she moves, works with the subject, her emotionality. Yes, for me she was the best gymnast. And over time, this has not gone away; she is still my idol. And not only as an athlete, but also as a person.
- Before the Olympics, didn’t you turn to her for advice?
- Unfortunately, before the Olympics I was not yet familiar with her. My childhood dream came true after the Games. Nastya Bliznyuk introduced us. This happened when the girls and I performed at Alexei Nemov’s show in Moscow. Laysan also took part in it, we even changed clothes in the same locker room.

- Laysan, after completing her gymnastics career, found herself as a TV presenter. Have you already thought about the future?
- To be honest, this is a difficult topic for me so far. I have not yet decided on new goals in life, in gymnastics. Now sport takes up 100% of my time and with such a schedule it is very difficult to fit anything else into my life. Therefore, I cannot answer this question yet!

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private photos

Sofia Skomorokh

Sofya Pavlovna Skomorokh(born August 18, 1999 Omsk) - Russian gymnast, world and European champion.

Shortly before the Olympics, Sonya was injured and was unable to go there, although she was in the first team all year.

private photos

Maria Tolkacheva

Maria Yurievna Tolkacheva(born August 18, 1997 - Zhukov) - Russian gymnast, three-time world champion, three-time European champion, two-time European Games champion, Olympic champion (2016) in group exercises. Honored Master of Sports

In my opinion, Masha is the most beautiful gymnast on the team. Although, of course, they are all beautiful.

Masha and Nastya Tatareva are best friends

That's all! Thank you all for your attention, and new victories for the girls)