Andrei Rodionenco: "2016 Olympics is the main goal for us"

Russian head coach Andrei Rodionenco stated in a telephonic interview taken by R-Sport that the Russian Gymnastic Federation main goal for the gymnasts is the 2016 Olympics. 

"Medals tournament there are nice and good but our main goal are the Olympics. By the second half of the 2015 we should be ready for it. Then we will know the gymnasts who are worthy based on their performances. So now we need to treat injuries but in the same time to compete for winning medals"

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Anna Dementyeva presenting Sochi Olympic medal in Samara.

        In a ceremony that took place on December the 6th, the people of Samara had the opportunity to admire the medals that will be awarded in the Winter Olympic games in Sochi.

         Evgenia Sazarova the representative of the jewellery company that manufactured the awarding medals stated that "Russia is the first country in the world which gave to people the opportunity to see the medals before the Olympic games. As we are in the proximity of these medals we want to share them with everyone"

         Invited to attend to the ceremony, Russia former elite gymnast Anna Dementyeva was pleased to show the medals in her hometown. "These medals represent hard labour and persistent. I'm very pleased to keep these medals in my hand"

          Source http://news.progorodsamara.ru/news/view/158803

          Source of the photos http://news.progorodsamara.ru/news/view/158803

      

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