05. Februar 2009  
Plano, USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

Hello from Plano, USA... say the Girls from Germany s National Team

Anja Brinker (2nd from left) in prominent company

Today we received our first greetings from the training camp of the German women's national team in Plano (Tenn./USA), sent to us by Anja BRINKER (TV Herkenrath; 2nd from left) who represented Germany in the last Olympic Games.
At the "WOGA", the training centre of Nastia LIUKIN (2nd from right), Olympic all-around champion at Beijing 2008, the Rhineland gymnast is more than just close to the gymnast she most looks up to and is getting a real motivation boost just a few weeks before the European Championships in Milan...:

The German squad im
at the camp of the 'World Olympic Gymnastic Academy' in Plano, USA

>> VIDEO-INTERVIEW with Nadine JAROSCH & Pia TOLLE
(c) Anne Phillips, gymnastike.org

Coach and father Valeri Liukin, Anja Brinker, Nastia Liukin and Brinker's coach Oleg Chekmarev at the training camp

Anja Brinker: "What fascinates me about Nastia is her elegance and precision in competition. 
It is a joy to watch her routines because she communicates so much through them. 
It was the same with Catălina Ponor, who I also always admired for her charisma. 
What's more, Nastia is such a perfect team player, as I noticed in Beijing.

She is therefore exactly the right model for me. 
It is therefore great for me to be here in the USA, along with my coach Oleg Chekmarev, so close to this successful father-daughter team;  ... I'm sure we'll learn a great deal here!".

* from Plano: Anja Brinker (RTB)

... TOP conditions in a TOP training camp!
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German National coach Ulla KOCH and warming up atmosphere before the following training of the young German national selection