Arina and Dina Averina – Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Rising Stars

‘I see a big future in a lot of young gymnasts’ – noted Irina Viner – ‘For example Arina and Dina Averina. Next year they will already start to perform senior exercises. At that stage I will start keeping a close eye on them. Next year there will be Youth Olympic Games where all participants will have a great chance to demonstrate their skills and justify their future in this sport’.

The twins from the left bank of the River Volga are often written about in the federal as well as international press. Unfortunately they are only known by a few rhythmic gymnastics fans in their native region. On 13th August this year the twins have already turned 15 years old – the key career point in this kind of sports discipline.

Dina and Arina have been doing gymnastics since they were four. They went to school up until they were 12 – but not like everybody else. They had to study every subject individually apart from music, drawing, PE, handycraft and Health & Safety. Training takes most of their time. The interesting fact is that, growing up in a small town, they have become members of the Russian National Team.
Later their sports career took them away to the Olympic Training Center in Moscow, bypassing the Nizhny Novgorod School of the Olympic Reserve – a rare event for a provincial town. So far Dina and Arina have attained master of sports qualification, won the Russian and international championships and became members of the junior national team. Moreover, twins are representing a regional armed forces team!
Training schedule is extremely hard – 10am to 13pm and 2pm to 5pm every single day. On top of that they have to study the school subjects.

Twin sisters are being coached by Vera Shatalina who is a head coach of the youth national team for individual rhythmic gymnastics. Vera Shatalina is an honoured coach in Russia having coached Alina Kabaeva (Olympic champion, 2 times world and 5 times European champion) and Olga Kapranova (world champion). The training sessions are overseen by Irina Viner.

When it comes to the twins, their loved ones are always asked about how they tell them apart. Twin sisters turn out to be completely different to their coach. ‘Dina is a 100% athlete – she is very upset if she doesn’t take the first place. Arina is much softer and always cares for her sister as well as rivals’ – said Vera Shatalina – ‘I can tell them apart even when I speak to one of them on the phone. Some people often claim that young talents like these are deprived of their childhood. It’s just plain wrong – they are normal kids! If we analyze this issue, we will find that the free time that the junior gymnasts and average kids have is about the same. Ones simply spend their time training while others – using computers. Children these days are not particularly interested in doing sports or something in the natural environment. What you end up with is what you have worked for very hard – in this case, it’s either the results and healthy body, or a tainted vision.

In July 2013 VI Russian Student Spartakiada, which was held in Penza, brought together 152 participants from all across the nation. The competition was very tough and the team from Nizhny Novgorod took second place. Arina Averina took second place in the all-around – she won the hoop exercise and won silver for the ribbon and ball exercises. Dina took gold for the clubs exercise and two bronze medals in the all-around and ribbon exercise. By the way, this was a qualifying tournament for a trip to the fifth Russian-Chinese Youth Games in Shanghai.
According to the coach, the sports arena has been recently dominated by a good trend: the majority of the Olympic geniuses now come from the province. For example, there is only one gymnast from Moscow in the rhythmic national team (aged 15) which includes Averina twins. Ira Annenkova is from Sochi and Julia Bravikova – from Oryol . In October, Averina sisters are going to participate in the Russian Cup with the international competition tour after that. The girls are never told in advance of where they are going to go as they always have to be ready for performance.

GO!

Life is tough, that's a given.
When you stand up, you're gonna be shoved back down.
When you're down, you're gonna be stepped on.
My advice to you doesn't come with a lot of bells and whistles. 
It's no secret, you'll fall down, you'll stumble, you'll get pushed,you'll land square on your face. 
But every time that happens, you get back on your feet. 
You get up just as fast as you can, no matter how many times you need to do it.
Remember this, success has been and continues to be defined as getting up one more time than you've been knocked down.
If experience has taught me anything, it's that nothing is free and living ain't easy. Life is hard, real hard, incredibly hard. 
You fail more often than you win, nobody is handing you anything.
It's up to you to puff up your chest, stretch your neck and overcome all the difficult, the nasty, the mean, the unfair.
You want more than you have now? PROVE IT!
You want to be the very best there is?
Get out there and earn it!
Once you decide that, you'll know where it is you want to be, and you won't stop pushing forward until you get there! 
That's how winners are made. 
At the end of the day, success is what we all want.
We all wanna win, and the race will be won. 
There's no question about that. 
So come on, get out on top, run faster, dream bigger, live better than you ever have before. 
This is in you. You can do this. 
Do it for yourself. Prove it to yourself!

Dina Averina - Gran Prix Lisbon (Results)

D&A (for people who don't know who are they)

They were born on August 13, 1998 in Zavolzhiye , the city kissing the east coast of Volga , most of Europe, born between imperial Moscow and St. Petersburg the historic Rio Grande.

Dina and Arina Averina are twins and also have the same genetic load , share a deep passion for rhythm .

From small , both began to show his great physical qualities and managed to join the pool of talent that Russia has selected in their promises.

Seeing them is strange. Anyone could be easily deceived and believe that there is only one. Is that , besides being identical in genetic , are based on the same technique , in the same style .

Babies come from the division of a single fertilized egg usually have unique psychological characteristics and be joined by a strong emotional bond .

Geneticists say lifestyle , food, make , over time , each twin develops its own personality and is also a difference in physical appearance . Therefore, psychology recommends that the ideal is to take different paths , both in schools and in the circle of friends and sports .

But the passion for gymnastics was stronger . Dina and Arina decided to take the same path , how could it be otherwise , climb to the top pace towards excellence.

The level of difficulties is very similar to that achieved in their junior Evgeniya Kanaeva seasons , the reigning Olympic , world and European champion.
Today , at age 12, the twins are already in the sights of the coach Irina Viner and are emerging as the next leaders of the official team of the Russian Federation .

But watch out, because like them , there are dozens of " talentitos " who train with the desire to have one day a place among the great .

Beyond all , it is inevitable to imagine Averina shaping individual duo to represent Russia in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio .

13/8/13

Sorry for not post before. I was on travelling also I can not post anything.
Sorry... Well...
Yesterday was the birthday of Dina and Arina! Now they are 15 years and a very cute ladies.
We want post them a very funny song from Spain called:
"15 años tiene mi amor" - El Dúo Dinámico ("15 years has my love" - The Dynamic Duo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGRHHdRDLDk
This song is very popular in this country and is used by the 15th girl's parents to wish them a happy birthday.
Also, on Latin countries, 15 years girl becomes a little woman and celebrate this day with a pink celebration with a pink dress too.
http://www.tufiestade15.com/
https://www.google.es/search?q=fiesta+de+15&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=J80LUtbyGImu7Aagu4GgCA&ved=0CDEQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=728

So, Dina and Arina have come into "little woman"'s world.
CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS! NOW YOU TWO ARE A FANTASTIC LITTLE WOMEN.

All of your fans will wish you a fantastic day with all the people you two love.

Hug&Kiss

Dina and Arina on the beach. Away. Sunbathing.

DINA AND ARINA TRAVELLING ON SEA!