Athletistic / Artistic gymnastics. The head coach of the Russian artistic gymnastics team Valentina Rodionenko commented on the resounding words of Olympic champion Angelina Melnikova. Previously, the athlete complained about the food at the Russian national team’s base on Lake Kuglom.

“It is clear that Melnikova exaggerates everything. Moreover, Angelina has such demands that it seems that we have not a training base, but a restaurant. This will never happen! Melnikova thinks that no one He eats there apart from her, but in parallel with her. 250 other people go to the dining room.

I agree that there are certain complaints about nutrition, but we correct them, we say right away what is possible and what is not. No one will prepare food separately for Angelina Melnikova! She has very strange requests, she started acting like she was training alone and there was no one else around her. There are some comments regarding nutrition, we eliminate them, but basically there are synchronized swimmers and other multiple Olympic champions who are happy with everything.

Melnikova’s words must be divided in two. There is some justified criticism, but I wouldn’t be too old to say that the food in the Russian national team’s base is terrible. If this actually happened, we would be the first to raise this issue. The doctors and I are trying to do everything as best as possible,” Rodionenko said, as quoted by Sport24.

  • Olympic champion Melnikova complained about the food at the Russian national team base

Angelina Melnikova is the leader of the Russian women’s artistic gymnastics team and the country’s most successful modern gymnast. She won a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo (Japan) in the team all-around competition.


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