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The Russians are not going to only rely on Maria Paseka at the vault event finals as they are preparing another gymnast Ksenia Afanasyeva. We are not only going to see Afanasyeva doing an Amanar but also two vaults.(不仅要跳900，还要练两跳）
And that's not it, She will also upgrade her floor routine by changing one of her
tumbling passes into a more difficult one as well as changing her floor
music.
Ksenia who has just recently won her first ever European title 'floor
gold' said that it was hard to pull herself together on that day "I had
an average mood when i woke up in the morning but later i panicked"
Afanasyeva told Championat "I made a mistake on the first day, then I didn't compete for 2 days, so It was hard. But when I stepped on the floor, I heard the audience and my friends cheering, immediately i calmed down. I am happy with how I danced. I performed this routine with all my soul." Afanasyeva also added that her third pass 'two and a half twisting layout into a front layout' was the most difficult for her to stick and she was was worried sick that she couldn't perform it
successfully but as soon as she found herself having no problem with it
during the warm up, she calmed down.
Having the European championship in her home country made Afanasyeva feel less stressed.
Although Valentina Rodionenko has suggested several times before the competition that Afanasyeva will most likely qualify to the all around ahead of Anastasia
Grishina, Afanasyeva failed to make the final "I had this goal to
make the AA final. It was painful not to make it. Now I have to pull myself
together and try my best to qualify to the all around finals in the next
competitions." A fall on her bars dismount made her fail in qualifying to the all around.
While the Russian gymnasts are beginning to use grips for bars, Afanasyeva finds it hard to adapt to them " I am used to work with my hands , while the other younger teammates has started to work on this event using grips. I wasn’t able to adjust. I made an effort and it didn’t work. I will continue
working on this."
About being an all arounder, "I will always manage to do my event. Why not to set a bigger goal if I can make it? I always try to set challenging goals for me and even make it harder (laughs). Otherwise, it is not fun to live without always setting bigger goals.This is one of my life principles that I use in sport as well, set hard achievable goals, and then try to reach them."
And that's not it, She will also upgrade her floor routine by changing one of her
tumbling passes into a more difficult one as well as changing her floor
music.
Ksenia who has just recently won her first ever European title 'floor
gold' said that it was hard to pull herself together on that day "I had
an average mood when i woke up in the morning but later i panicked"
Afanasyeva told Championat "I made a mistake on the first day, then I didn't compete for 2 days, so It was hard. But when I stepped on the floor, I heard the audience and my friends cheering, immediately i calmed down. I am happy with how I danced. I performed this routine with all my soul." Afanasyeva also added that her third pass 'two and a half twisting layout into a front layout' was the most difficult for her to stick and she was was worried sick that she couldn't perform it
successfully but as soon as she found herself having no problem with it
during the warm up, she calmed down.
Having the European championship in her home country made Afanasyeva feel less stressed.
Although Valentina Rodionenko has suggested several times before the competition that Afanasyeva will most likely qualify to the all around ahead of Anastasia
Grishina, Afanasyeva failed to make the final "I had this goal to
make the AA final. It was painful not to make it. Now I have to pull myself
together and try my best to qualify to the all around finals in the next
competitions." A fall on her bars dismount made her fail in qualifying to the all around.
While the Russian gymnasts are beginning to use grips for bars, Afanasyeva finds it hard to adapt to them " I am used to work with my hands , while the other younger teammates has started to work on this event using grips. I wasn’t able to adjust. I made an effort and it didn’t work. I will continue
working on this."
About being an all arounder, "I will always manage to do my event. Why not to set a bigger goal if I can make it? I always try to set challenging goals for me and even make it harder (laughs). Otherwise, it is not fun to live without always setting bigger goals.This is one of my life principles that I use in sport as well, set hard achievable goals, and then try to reach them."
