Devyatovskiy Retires

Known for being the brat of Russian gymnastics. Maxim Devyatovskiy has announced his retirement after he failed to make the training squad for the 2012 Olympics. Veteran Golotsutskov has also missed the Olympic squad after withdrawing from the Russian Cup due to injury. The Russian Olympic squad was announced as: Denis Ablyazin, Aleksandr Balandin, David Belyavskiy, Emin Garibov, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Nikita Ignatyev, Sergey Khorokhordin, Igor Pakhomenko. This squad will be narrowed down to 5 for the final team in the next couple of weeks.