MOSCOW, Sep 14, Vladislav Zhukov.The President of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics (VFCG), head coach of the Russian national team Irina Viner, after the competition at the All-Russian Spartakiad, said that the tournament could replace international competitions in which Russian athletes do not participate. Earlier, FIG announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes were suspended from competitions under the auspices of the organization in connection with the events in Ukraine. «I already said today that now the countries for us are the regions of Russia. If we take all the regions, this will turn out to be the World Championship. We have beautiful girls in individual and group exercises. Usually we have two people in the all-around final, and now there are 25. Therefore, we are very happy. And Russia is all happy. Russia says thanks to the sanctions! We are now in a trend, we have entered the big stage, as Alla Pugacheva sings,» Wiener told reporters. — I think that at the World Championships and the Olympic Games, if we are not allowed there, rhythmic gymnastics will be unwatchable view. People go to the stars, but, unfortunately, there are no stars.» Rhythmic gymnastics competitions at the Spartakiad were held in Moscow on September 12-14. Lala Kramarenko won the individual all-around, Dina Averina became the second, Anna Popova was the third. «Everything is fine. And in the group exercise we have made great progress. Girls do the maximum number of difficulties — and today they did everything without mistakes. In the individual program, Lala Kramarenko deservedly won. I can say a big thank you to Dina Averina, because she was, is and will be a fighter. She performed with certain injuries, but she survived and did everything, especially her favorite tape, «said Viner.» And the third place was taken by a very young girl Anechka Popova. And this program of ours, which we came up with, that it has no boundaries, just suits her. She is 15 years old, and if she competed under the program of the international federation, she would do seven elements, she would fall behind. She would just now be transitioning long and tediously to an adult program. Now try to catch up with her. She is already doing almost a double adult program,» added the head of the WFHG.
