Russians Viktoria Komova and Aliya Mustafina, who won silver and bronze respectively in the women’s gymnastics all-around competition Thursday evening, were in good spirits as they answered questions from reporters during post-meet press conference at the 02 Arena.

The two Russians were complimentary of American Gabrielle Douglas, who won the gold medal by 0.259 over Komova, the reigning World all-around silver medalist. “She performed beautifully today,” 17-year-old Komova said through a translator. “And I believe that she earned her gold medal. She was very, very good tonight.”

Echoed Mustafina: “I absolutely agree with Viktoria. She was fantastic. She didn’t make a single mistake. She became the leading athlete from the very beginning.”

AA silver medalist Viktoria Komova: ‘I am proud about what I’ve done’

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 #lol @ nbc and all dudes being all ‘man girls are so catty to each other’ #when in reality female athletes treat each other with much more respect than male athletes treat each other #and are more likely to actually compliment each other sincerely#and not pull a ‘he was good but i am actually better’ bs comment #which dudes do all the time #just watch the interviews between the male and female athletes and compare #and realize that the main reason why the females athletes are so much better #is because they know what it’s like to constantly have people shit talk about you #much more than the men ever will #and so they don’t want to add to that ever

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