She's really shy and it makes her a bit awkward in a quiet and pensive way. It's adorable. And I'm really jealous of that, because I too am extremely shy, but instead of being awkward in a quiet and pensive way I'm "Chandler". I talk nervously to fill the silence, I say anything and everything that pops into my head and then immediately regret it and start cracking bad jokes to break the ice. It's terrible. When I say something really stupid, people just stare at me like I'm crazy (probably because I am crazy), and that happened twice today. It's the worst thing ever.
But I ventured completely off topic, as usual.
They discuss Aliya's career, what growing up in gymnastics is like, what daily life in Round Lake is and how she supports her younger teammates. Aliya's "bad temper" also comes up, naturally... She says she wishes to continue in gymnastics and the poor unworthy interviewer asks/suggests about becoming uneven bars specialist. The Queen is an all arounder, end of story.
The hacking comes up briefly, I don't think Aliya really even commented on it, but they discuss the success of USA. Aliya says they have a lot of kids doing gymnastics, they are very strong and have difficult programmes, but lack beauty, the training is different. They then mention Valeri Liukin's promotion and consider it, because Nastia was a very beautiful gymnast. They also discuss gymnasts/coaches leaving Russia.
They then talk about the Olympic infrastructure in Rio, Olympic Village, food and living conditions. Aliya didn't think were any notable problems, at least for the gymnasts.
They obviously discuss injuries and relationships with coaches, a lot about Aliya's relationship with Aleksandrov.
I don't understand much about the rest, I'll post a translation of the interview if I find one.
hello and thanks for the link , did you find a translation of the interview?
ReplyDeleteI unfortunately didn't :(
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