Afan Receiving Treatment in Munich

Dear friends, it is with great regret that I write to inform you that Ksenia Afanasyeva has been in Munich, Germany these last few days to receive treatment for ankle pain. Afan has long complained of problems with her ankle, resulting from 2012 Olympic preparations, but she's competed with it for most the quad. It seems the pain is now at a point where it's no longer possible for our fearless veteran to go on ignoring the problem; she will reside on Germany for 10 day to undergo several treatments and see how her foot responds. Valentina Rodionenko tells us it's presently impossible to predict when she will return to competition.

Recurring injuries have plagued Russia's best gymnasts all quad, stunting their development by forcing them to relearn everything. No matter the disbelievers, I will always say that Viktoria Komova and Aliya Mustafina might have at one time launched a great offensive against Simone Biles and been her equal...but now they are reduced to playing catch up. Still, nothing productive ever comes from swimming in pity, so to balance some bad news out we have Emin Garibov back to full training and Aliya Mustafina who is steadily increasing her workload on the knee. Aliya will return to apparatus training in February. Four of the members already named to the Rio Olympic WAG team have been to the Olympics before, and between them they hold every title at every level of the sport. Even so, they do not presume themselves to be the victors at a competition before it's even begun. They are humble athletes; each has had to overcome extreme adversity to get back to top form and that journey is not to be taken for granted. In many respects this was not the ideal way the quad was supposed to go for them- it should never have been so difficult. Yet they challenged themselves to learn new & difficult skills, and restored Russia's credibility in the sport, exhibiting tremendous talent, courage, and heart. Onward and forward girls; there will always be obstacles but you have everything in your possession to conquer it! 

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