Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova: every day is scary during training 
Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova told about fear that she constantly experiences.
According to the athlete, it is scary in training every day. “Firstly, we perform very difficult elements, and secondly, gymnastics is such a traumatic sport that we simply do not know when something will happen. Therefore, when I go to a complex element, there are always all thoughts in my head that you need to be careful. Scary all the time! ” – noted Melnikova.
She also spoke about the most difficult apparatus in gymnastics. “We consider the log to be the lightest projectile. Yes, they often fall from it, but it is very simple. But the uneven bars you can't train them in any way if you don't train them accurately. I do not know how to explain it. If, for example, on a balance beam you can just walk and work on coordination, you may not do it for a long time, but in the end everything will work out. It won't work on the uneven bars. Well, freestyle is very difficult, physically and functionally it's just crazy, “the athlete explained.
Melnikova is the silver medalist of the 2016 Olympics in the team all-around, the Olympic champion in 2020 in the same kind of program, as well as the owner bronze medals in the individual championship and in the floor exercise. At the October 2021 World Championship, the Russian woman became the absolute champion.