Who will be going to the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan? Worlds is coming up in October 7-16. The worlds championships is the first of the two qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics - which decides which countries can send full gymnastics teams. Post the World Teams here! The Russian team will be sending the following gymnasts to the Worlds, to defend their World title: Ksenia Afanasyeva: all-around Yulia Belokobylskaya: first-year senior, all-around Anna Dementyeva: all-around Viktoria KomovaL: first-year senior, all-around Tatiana Nabueyva: vault and uneven bars Maria Paseka: vault and floor Alternates: Alyona Polyan Yulia Inshina Two-time Olympian Anna Pavlova won vault in the Russian Cup last week in Yekaterinburg, but she is not picked to go to Worlds by Russian coach Valentina Rodionenko: [QUOTE] "We won't take someone for just one event," Rodionenko said. [/QUOTE] Aliya Mustafina tore her ACL in April and is still in recovery mode: [QUOTE] "Aliya really wanted to go to worlds — her heart and soul are literally crying, 'I can do it! I'm ready!'" she said. "But we do not want to risk costing her the Olympics, and her surgeon in Germany said that she can start real training only in December. She just thinks she's ready now. But she does not really understand what she will face. She must be protected. Sometimes it takes years for people to recover from these injuries, and she hasn't even had five months." [/QUOTE] Anastasia Grishina and Anastasia Sidorova, two of Russia's strong gymnasts won't be able to compete at the 2011 Worlds because they are not old enough, but Rodionenko has them in mind for the 2012 Olympics: [QUOTE] "They're very strong reinforcements," Rodionenko said. "Grishina is at the same level as Komova, and Sidorova has three very strong events. It's a shame that they're not allowed to compete this year because of their age." [/QUOTE] (via International Gymnast Magazine Online - Russia Names Women's World Squad for Tokyo)