The ladies of Team Ukraine:
Dariya Zgoba
Iryna Krasnyanska
Alina Kozich
Valentina Holenkova
Marina Proskurina
Anastasia Koval
Olga Scherbatykh is the alternate.
The Ukrainian girls are often considered the artistic successors to the Soviets; it’s easy to appreciate their work because it’s just so…Soviet.
The last World medal for the Ukrainian ladies was Krasnyanska’s gold in 2006 Aarhus, in the balance beam event finals. But if they medal in Beijing, gymnastics snobs will be weeping with love and happiness in front of their televisions.
