I'm just starting to follow juniors as well as seniors - could you tell me which young Russians to look out for? Does Russian WAG have a bright future? Thanks :D
Sure! The future does look bright currently - not “beating the USA” bright, but certainly consistently contending for silver - but Russian juniors often flop and break hearts, so it’s impossible to predict the future. :P Anyway, here’s a list of the most promising girls sorted by the year they turn senior. I’ll include video links for the girls who aren’t easy to find on youtube. And I bolded my favs.
2017Anastasia Ilyankova - Best on UB, but shows potential to be a decent AAer. Injury-prone, though. :(
Elena Eremina - Trains under the same coaches as Nabieva, great on everything, very pretty to watch, pray for her.
Ulyana Perebinosova - Same coaches as Paseka & Seda; has some form issues but is a decent AA and has a unique bars set.
Elizaveta Kochetkova - She’s… OK. She doesn’t stand out now, but she could make major improvements in the next year. Who knows. I like her though!
2018Tier 1 - Angelina Simakova, Varvara Zubova, Alexandra ShekoldinaTier 2 - Ksenia Pekelman, Viktoria Panchuk, Valeria Saifulina, Viktoria Gorbatova, Taisia Borozydko, Kristina Osokina, Anna Subbotina
2019Ksenia Klimenko (gorgeous), Anastasia Agafonova (gorgeous & reminds me of Komova), Daria Belousova (gorgeous)
2020Irina Komnova, Arina Strukova, Olga Astafyeva, Yana Vorona
I’m sure that was more thorough than you were looking for, but I have nothing better to do right now lmao.