Dinah and Arina The Averins, who shared all the gold from the first stage of the Cup of the Strongest Rhythmic Gymnastics tournament in Moscow, spoke about their performance under international rules and also expressed their hope that in the future they could again take part in tournaments organized under the aegis of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG).
Averins became the only Russian gymnast who performed under FIG rules, all other Russian athletes went in a separate stream, which was judged under All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation (VFCG) rules.
Dina Averina won the all-around and ribbon finals, while Arina won the remaining three finals: hoop, ball, and clubs. Despite this, Dina lost the device in the exercises, both sisters looked happy after the tournament.
– Let’s start with the fact that you have new programs according to international rules.
– Dina: Irina Aleksandrovna (Viner-Usmanov) changed our programs a bit. Well, how she changed – she just looked at how we behaved and said where it was bad and where, on the contrary, it was good. Worked with us for two days.
– Nevertheless, not everything went well for you today, there were losses. I was surprised that after losing the ball, you were smiling at the end of the exercise.
– The main task in the ball was the ending, which never worked out. And when I did, I was so happy!
– And when this end, difficult, risky, was first offered to you, what did you have in mind?
“I didn’t think it would be so complicated and that it wouldn’t work. Therefore, I try to “finish” precisely in competitions, because in training it is different, in competitions there is stress, nerves, excitement and everything has to be done there- down.
– Is it a pity that in general there were errors in the final in three events out of four?
“It’s not a shame, because a lot of what I never did turned out. For example, en masse, I made two catches that I always missed because I was scared. I did the hoop as I wanted, because I was afraid of certain moments in this exercise and I did not do them, I was insured somewhere, so today I am happy, just happy.
– And what is the sentence that escaped your lips after completing the exercise with the tape?
– I understood! I caught!
– Do you follow what happens in tournaments where Russia is not allowed?
– Followed, then became a little less. In no case can you compare, because there is an international arena, World Cups, and unfortunately we play in Russia. And there are differences in judgment here and there. Unfortunately, we can only meet face to face with the Belarusian team, but we hope that everything will return to normal and that we will play as before, in the FIG tournaments.
“What can you say about the Russian rules?”
– Arina: We haven’t moved on to them yet, we didn’t have time, we didn’t have time to reorganize, so now we are performing internationally. It is necessary to change the program, to insert more elements, especially combined. We will only be able to give an answer to this question when we reorganize, we can compare. But in my opinion, in the Russian rules there are many more opportunities for elements and these elements are more interesting than in the international rules.
Source : MatchTV
