Komsomolskaya Pravda held an interview with Vika and her family as they arrived at their hometown. The article talks about her plans for school, her visit with the president, and her adorable new puppy named "Kutya". The interview is also available as a video on their website.


You can see the article, and the video by clicking here!

President Medvedev invited Vika and the Youth Russian Olympic Team to the presidential residence in Gorki to congratulate them on their success at the Singapore Youth Olympic Games! He issued a letter congratulating Vika and Daniel Kazachkova for their incredible success at the competition! The letter is below.





(I'll edit this news announcement with the translation when my assistant returns.)

This is a Russian Media Broadcast about Vika! It features her gymnastics school in Voroneg, her first coaches, and even her father. (Credit: Greg1212)


You can find the original source here (Russian) and online article.

The videos from the Singapore Youth Olympic Games can now be found in the Media Gallery.

Vika is currently on a well-earned vacation following her three gold medals at the Youth Olympic Games last week in Singapore.

A website has just opened for the three-time Gold Medallist at the 2010 Junior European Championship, Anastasia Grishina! You are welcome to stop by and visit her new website!

As reported by the Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia, Vika's performance on the final day of Event Finals is a result of a lack of sleep. Her coach, Gennadi Yelfimov, reports that the errors were caused by a very long doping control session which Vika was drawn into. Sadly, she didn't get to her room until 2 AM and as a result, she didn't really get much sleep at all and couldn't recuperate.


In the next morning, Vika didn't feel well and didn't want to go to the competition, something that only happens when she is very tired.


In the end, Vika did win a Bronze medal in the Floor Exercise despite some pain in her hand. Overall, Vika is proud of her results! Her main goal was to win the All Around Finals, and she did with a Gold!

Today was the last day of the Event Finals and Vika competed on the Balance Beam and the Floor Exercise. Vika won the Bronze medal in the Floor Exercise final! Unfortunately due to two falls, Vika did not win a medal on the Balance Beam final.


However, overall Vika's performance at the Youth Olympic Games has been brilliant and we congratulate her for winning THREE GOLD Medals and one Bronze Medal! As always, no matter the outcome, we all support Vika and are very proud of her. You can see Vika's Vault and Uneven Bars performance from yesterday below:


You can also see the Event Final Competition video at the Youth Olympic Games website!

Russian star Viktoria Komova won two more gold medals Saturday at the 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.


Komova, who won the all-around final Thursday with a record 61.250, was unbeatable again on vault and uneven bars. Her difficulty was far superior on vault, where she performed a Yurchenko 2 1/2 (6.5 Difficulty) and a Yurchenko double (5.8). Silver medalist Maria Vargas (Spain) and bronze medalist Carlotta Ferlito (Italy) both performed vaults of Yurchenko-full (5.0) and Yurchenko layout (4.4).


On uneven bars, Komova hit her feet on the mat after her Pak salto but still floated away with the title, performing her trademark inside Stalder to Shaposhnikova-half mount, followed by a layout Jaeger; inside Stalder, inside Stalder-full to Tkatchev to Pak; and full-out dismount. China's Tan Sixin matched Komova's 6.5 Difficulty score on uneven bars, but again was penalized heavily for execution (7.625). Sweden's Jonna Adlerteg performed cleanly for the bronze, throwing elgrip giants into a Jaeger and dismounting with a double layout.


Credit: International Gymnast Magazine. Click here to read their Full Report of the competition.


Vault:
1. Viktoria Komova - 15.312
2. Maria Vargas (Spain) - 13.800
3. Carlotta Ferlito (Italy) - 13.700


Uneven Bars:
1. Viktoria Komova - 14.525
2. Tan Sixin - 14.125
3. Jonna Adlerteg - 13.550





This is a beautiful montage dedicated to Vika using footage from the All Around Finals by Illaria.