This year’s Russian Championships marks the first time most of Russia’s gymnasts will compete in the Olympic year. While a handful have been on international assignments, most still have something to prove, especially as they continue to contend for Rio this summer.

2012 Olympian Viktoria Komova will miss out after taking some time away from the gym due to back problems. Komova won one of four bars gold medals at last year’s world championships, and hoped to return to a fully competitive all-around set this year after attempting all four events at the European Games in Baku last June, but unfortunately it looks like that’s not happening just yet (though she did get back to training recently).

Her London teammate Aliya Mustafina will compete this week for the first time since Baku. Limited to bars and beam after a series of injuries and breaks in training, Mustafina won’t be competing at her full ability, so expectations should be low at this point in the season.

Also representing in the senior field are 2015 worlds team members Maria Paseka, Ksenia Afanasyeva, Daria Spiridonova, Maria Kharenkova, and Seda Tutkhalyan as well as new seniors Angelina Melnikova, Natalia Kapitonova, and Daria Skrypnik. Other notable competitors include Alla Sosnitskaya, Evgeniya Shelgunova, Anastasia Dmitrieva, Polina Fedorova, Daria Elizarova, and Tatiana Nabieva.

The junior field features fan favorite Varvara Zubova as well as some of her top teammates, including Anastasia Ilyankova, Ulyana Perebinosova, Elena Eremina, and Angelina Simakova.

The competition begins today with team finals and individual qualifications, with three junior followed by two senior subdivisions. All-around finals are tomorrow and Friday while apparatus finals will be held over the weekend. A live stream will be available here. For more information, including the full schedule, check out our coverage guide.

Senior Competitors

Ksenia Afanasyeva

Lilia Akhaimova

Liana Akhmadeeva

Elena Aleksenko

Ilsia Aminova

Ksenia Artemova

Varvara Batalova

Olga Bikmurzina

Yulia Biryulya

Ekaterina Boeva

Alina Bunina

Viktoria Bykova

Alena Chernova

Anastasia Dmitrieva

Ksenia Dmitrieva

Daria Elizarova

Simona Fakrieva

Polina Fedorova

Inga Galeyeva

Elena Guseva

Maria Iontef

Ekaterina Ishchenko

Natalia Kapitonova

Maria Kharenkova

Kristina Kiseler

Anastasia Kutergina

Viktoria Kuzmina

Anastasia Kuznetsova

Daria Lopatina Valentina Lukovnikova

Angelina Melnikova

Evgeniya Menovshchikova

Daria Mikhailova

Marina Mukhortova

Aliya Mustafina

Tatiana Nabieva

Arina Nedovesova

Maria Novikova

Elizaveta Osina

Maria Paseka

Svetlana Prokopeva

Ksenia Sabaldash

Alexandra Sadkova

Yulia Sedova

Anna Selyakova

Evgeniya Shelgunova

Anastasia Sidorova

Daria Skrypnik

Ksenia Smolyakova

Alla Sosnitskaya

Daria Spiridonova

Yulia Sushukova

Ekaterina Tsvetkova

Seda Tutkhalyan

Ekaterina Tyunina

Anna Vanyushkina

Margarita Varnakova

Evgenia Zhukova

Junior Competitors

Elnara Ablyazova

Alina Afonycheva

Anastasia Agafonova

Ekaterina Altukhova

Alyona Arkusha

Sofia Babakhova

Alena Belomoyeva

Alsu Berestinova

Anna Bezotosova

Ulyana Borovykh

Taisia Borozdyko

Polina Borzykh

Viktoria Bryagina

Anastasia Budylkina

Elvira Bushueva

Daria Dychek

Ekaterina Elivanova

Elena Eremina

Anastasia Gainetdinova

Viktoria Ganeeva

Viktoria Gazeeva

Anastasia Gluschenko

Darina Goldinova

Diana Goloshumova

Olga Golub

Viktoria Gorbatova

Polina Gubenkova

Ekaterina Guseva

Anastasia Ilyankova

Ksenia Kamkova

Karina Khasbieva

Vasilisa Kiseleva

Daria Klimenko

Ksenia Klimenko

Elizaveta Kochetkova

Tamara Konovalova

Viktoria Korikova

Darina Koroleva

Vlada Kotlyarova Tatiana Krutikova

Elizaveta Krysina

Viktoria Lepikhina

Ekaterina Levchenko

Elena Litvinchuk

Alexandra Mayzel

Alina Mironova

Ekaterina Mitrofanova

Anastasia Moiseeva

Anastasia Nasritdinova

Polina Novikova

Khristina Osokina

Viktoria Panchuk

Ksenia Pekelman

Ulyana Perebinosova

Maria Petrova

Ekaterina Polikarpova

Elizaveta Serova

Aleksandra Shekoldina

Anastasia Shinkarenko

Sofia Shutko

Diana Sigitova

Angelina Simakova

Anna Skrypka

Ekaterina Soloviy

Alisa Spasova

Alina Stepanova

Yulia Tatarinova

Polina Terinsova

Viktoria Trykina

Maria Tsaryapkina

Anastasia Unzharenkova

Diana Verevkina

Elizaveta Volodina

Anastasia Yakovleva

Alexandra Yudina

Sofia Yurtaykina

Alina Zakharchuk

Article by Lauren Hopkins