A nice interview with Aliya from just before the Russian Championships.
Key points from the Google translate :
She won second place in an R Sport vote for the best Russian sports woman, behind Evgeniya Kanaeva but ahead of Maria Sharapova. She says Evgeniya came first because she is a beautiful gymnast; but knows little about Sharapova.
She has no time for life outside of gymnastics, as she trains three times a day - can only meet with her friends on rare occasions, and declines to comment about whether she has a boyfriend in gymnastics.
Her father is her main supporter, but the person whose opinion she values most in gymnastics is her coach, Alexander Alexandrov :-)
She does not have any gymnastics idols.
Good luck to all the Russian gymnasts as they prepare for the European Championships!
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