Valentina Rodionenko earlier today confirmed that Ivan Stretovich will take the place of Nikita Ignatyev on the main Russian gymnastics team. 19 year old Stretovich, from Novosibirsk, Siberia, is Russian Cup champion on the pommel horse and high bar. His first major senior competition was the 2014 World Championships where he performed on pommels only. Stretovich was originally selected as a reserve and the decision to bring him onto the main team was based on his superior performance quality compared to Ignatyev, according to Rodionenko.
For the women, the news is that Angelina Melnikova is recovering well from the hamstring injury she aggravated at one of the final control competitions at Round Lake. Valentina says that she is back to training her full routines again.
Sources - MAG - http://rsport.ru/rio2016_gymnastics/20160802/1011352078.html
WAG - http://rsport.ru/rio2016_gymnastics/20160802/1011409100.html
New - video of the girls training, Aliya doing turns on floor; little interviews with Mustafina (I don't think she really appreciated the microphone), Paseka (giggling as usual) and Melnikova - https://youtu.be/ga6c2uWy8ig
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