I usually try to mention the full names of gymnasts I am writing about at least once in a post, but I fail in everything I do, and this is not an exception. So if you ever get confused with my nicknames, here you can find a list of the actual people they refer to.
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Aliya Mustafina - My Queen, My Tsaritsa, Queen Aliya, Musty
Viktoria Komova - Vika, Vika the Princessa
Ksenia Afanasyeva - Afan
Anastasia Grishina - Grishy
Seda Tutkhalyan - Princess Tut (or mostly just Seda, because it's easier)
Tatiana Nabieva - Nabs, Tanya
Maria Paseka - Beefarm, Masha
Angelina Melnikova - Melka, Gelya, the Chosen One
Ekaterina Sokova - Katya, Juice
Natalia Kapitonova - Natasha, Kapi
Daria Spiridonova - Spiridoz, Dasha, Spiri
Evgenia Shelgunova - Shelgie
Daria Skrypnik - Dasha, Dasha 2.0
Varvara Zubova - ZubZub, Zubs, Varya
Anastasia Ilyankova- Nastia, Ilya
Elena Eremina - Lena
Ulyana Perebinosova - Ulya
Angelina Simakova - Sima
Aleksandra Schekoldina - Schek, Sasha
Valeria Saifulina - Lera, Saif
Elizaveta Kochetkova - Liza
Ksenia Klimenko - Ksyusha
Anyone named Maria, including Paseka, Kharenkova, Bondareva etc. - Masha, Little Masha (for a junior named Maria)
Anyone named Anastasia - Nastia
Anyone named Viktoria - Vika
Supporting characters:
The Rods - Head of the Russian team, Andrei Rodionenko (A-Rod) and his technically unemployed but very involved wife Valentina Rodionenko (V-Rod)
Grebs - Head coach Evegeni Grebenkin
Svetlana Khorkina - Khorki, Sveta
Svetlana Boginskaya - Bogie
Oksana Chusovitina - Chuso
Non-Russian: Lari for Larisa Iordache, Didi for Diana Bulimar, Cata for Catalina Ponor
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