“This is a great achievement for us!” Irina Dzyuba sums up the results of the BRICS Games

Academy coach, 1996 Olympic Games bronze medalist Irina Dzyuba shared her impressions of the BRICS Games.

“These are such major Games that are held in our country. Plenty of countries were invited here and we are very happy about that. Well, this is certainly a kind of a major achievement for us. We became silver medalists of the BRICS Games in the team competition. And we have a gold medalist, the winner among juniors is Kristina Voitenko. My gymnast,” Irina said. 

She also noted that these competitions are a huge opportunity for gymnasts.

“Surely, this is a great opportunity for gymnasts — to have the possibility to get here or to get to a major event. Through the Association as well. Foreign girls also got to join our team. We have one Belarusian gymnast, Darya Grokhotova, and Asel from Kyrgyzstan. They also made their contribution to our team,” she said.

Irina Dzyuba prepared the junior all-around champion Kristina Voitenko from Novosibirsk for the tournament.