Gymnasts Arina and Dina Averina will go to the 2021 World Cup accompanied by their new personal trainer, Yulia Barsukova. This was reported to TASS by the head of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics Irina Viner-Usmanova.
According to her, the former coach of the athletes Vera Shatalina will not go to the tournament for family reasons. “I think that everything is fine, she is just very tired,” said Viner-Usmanova.
On October 8, four-time Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics Alexei Nemov announced that the Averina sisters would not take part in the Games in Paris in 2024. According to the former athlete, they perform in rhythmic gymnastics until the age of 25-26. Nemov admitted that he could be wrong.
Dina Averina has 13 victories at the world championships and a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Arina Averina won the planetary championship four times, at the Games in Japan she became the fourth. Russian women are 23 years old.
The 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships will be held in Kitakyushu, Japan, from October 27 to 31.
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