Just Because...Alexander Alexandrov in Brazil?

So I am hearing some mumbo jumbo news about Alexandrov being in Brazil? There are no official news source so I'll take this whole Alexandrov now working in Brazil with a grain of salt. If this turns out to be officially true then Russia has lost a great coach. In my opinion it was not all his doing that made Russia so successful last quad but he was part of it. Some things that bother me is that some people thinks Alexandrov did everything for Russia. I think this is why there are so many drama in the Russian Federation. Whatever the case, the Russians so far seems to be doing okay for now. The big test will be worlds in Antwerp. I have faith that the Russians will be just as successful as last quad. Regarding Mustafina, she seems to be a strong headed woman. I have faith in her to still be successful without Alexandrov. Yes it's sad that Alexandrov might of left Mustafina but I feel Mustafina has the been there done that mentality. It's not the first time a coach left her. She will be fine.

Edit: Mustafina left Alexandrov! Now there are news source about this whole drama. Basically as we all already knew that Alexandrov's contract as head coach expired on Dec 2012. It was not renewed leaving him out as the head coach. He was still allowed to be Aliya's personal coach but Aliya refused to have him as her personal coach. Alexandrov is now in America with his family.

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Evgeny Grebenkin In as New Russian WAG Head Coach

The new Russian WAG head coach will be Evgeny Grebenkin. He was the main coach for the gymnasts on uneven bars through most of the '09-'12 quad. Source

Grebenkin (to the right) helped Mustafina win UB 2012 Gold.

Alexandrov's contract will expire on Dec 30th and it is unknown if he will continue to coach Aliya Mustafina. Anastasia Grishina has departed from her coach Sergey Zelikson. Alexandrov and Zelikson had some kind of personal beef with each other. It will be interesting to see what will happen to Mustafina and Grishina. Heck, I am interested in seeing how Russia will do in the next quad. Source

Alexander Alexandrov No Longer the Russian WAG Head Coach!

I just saw this article today. Alexandrov was dismissed as the head coach of the Russian women's artistic gymnastic team. He is also the personal coach of Aliya Mustafina. I'm not sure who will be replacing him. Apparently he was a failure because the Russian team was not successful in London. I personally think that's bullshit. Russia's WAG team was pretty successful at the Olympics. I'm guessing the Russian Federation really wanted team GOLD. Source  

New Mustafina/Alexandrov Video Interview

I wished I knew Russian fluently. My goal in life is to understand Russian & Mandarin fluently :). I'm almost there :D.

Here is a new interview with Aliya Mustafina and her personal coach Alexander Alexandrov.

According to the Russian press all Russian Olympic gold medalists will get a new Audi A8 worth 3 million 950 thousand rubles. That's an upgrade from her other teammates. I hope she knows how to drive :D. Also she will most likely be banking in a lot of cash. This will help her for her future training and new life outside of gymnastics. She deserves it all.