Russian

MGFSO [Moscow, RUS]

Irina Viner-Usmanova [national], RUS; Liasan Savitskaya [personal], RUS; Lina Gnirovskaya [personal], RUS (gymshow.ru, 29 Jun 2019; minsport.gov.ru, 27 Dec 2018)

Her father Dmitri Kramarenko played professional football and was a goalkeeper for the Azerbaijan national team. Her grandfather Sergey Kramarenko also played football at an elite level in the Soviet Union. (1news.az, 28 Feb 2017)

She took up the sport at age three in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Lena Krupina YouTube channel, 15 Jul 2018; 1news.az, 28 Feb 2017)

She was born into a sporting family, and her parents enrolled her in gymnastics. (1news.az, 28 Feb 2017)

To compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Moscow, Russian Federation. (rsport.ria.ru, 29 Jun 2019)

Her coaches, and her family. (gymshow.ru, 29 Jun 2019)

She has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 27 Dec 2018)

General
EXPECTATIONS
She is proud to have the chance to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Moscow, Russian Federation. "Defending the colours of your country is a great responsibility. If I manage to compete there, I'll be very happy. Not everyone manages to reach a senior tournament, so it's good that they created the junior championships. Our rivals will be tough. Italy, Bulgaria, Belarus, Israel. To win, you need to be a head, or even three, above them all." (gymshow.ru, 29 Jun 2019)

CHARACTER
Her father Dmitri thinks that Lala inherited her sporting genes from her grandfather - Soviet football goalkeeper Sergey Kramarenko. "He had a real sporting character. And Lala, she is angry. More precisely, in life she is very kind but in a sporting way, she is angry. If she runs, then she must finish first. If she competes, she has to win. She goes to training two-and-a-half hours before it starts. My wife says to her, 'Lala, it is still too early'. But it is useless. She will bring up dozens of reasons why she definitely needs to go to the gym in advance. For gymnastics, where hard work plays such an important role, this is a very important quality." (1news.az, 28 Feb 2017)