Veronika Malinina shared her impressions of her performance at the Russian Championship

05 April
Veronika Malinina shared her impressions of her performance at the Russian Championship

At the Russian Championship in Kazan, Veronika Malinina, the Academy student from St. Petersburg, won a silver medal in the all-around according to the first-class program.​

After the competition, the gymnast shared her impressions.:

"I really liked it here — the large hall, atmospheric. It's a very important competition, a lot of competition."

The athlete emphasized the importance of control training in preparation for this tournament.​

"We had control training sessions, they gave me advice to smile more, not to switch off from the image, to do everything very emotionally."

The gymnast received special support at the Russian championships from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

"Alina Kabaeva came here, she was very supportive of us, she gave us the necessary advice, said that everything was calm, everything was as we know how, we had everything worked out."

Veronika also expressed her gratitude to her coaches.

"I want to thank Alina Kabaeva for conducting control training with us. I also want to thank my coaches, Alina Gusarova, Irina Gusarova, and choreographer Elena Egorova for working with me. I also want to thank the entire Academy staff for giving me suggestions and making some comments."

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