<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-2012, uMerkulova wanqoba iTashkent World Cup All-around title kanye nemidlalo yokugcina ye-individual apparatus ebhola, i-hoop ne-clubs. Ukuncintisana nozakwabo u- Evgenia Kanaeva emncintiswaneni  <response>: Emqhudelwaneni we-2012 European Championships, esikhundleni sikaDaria Kondakova noDaria Dmitrieva abalimala bobabili, wathatha indondo yesiliva kuyo yonke indawo. Emqhudelwaneni weGrand Prix Vorarlberg e-Austria ngoJulayi 2012, uMerkulova wanqoba indondo yethusi ku-all-around ngemuva kukaKanaeva noDmitrieva kanye nesiliva emidlalweni yokugcina ye-hoop. Emqhudelwaneni weNdebe yoMhlaba eMinsk, waqeda endaweni yesine emqhudelwaneni we-all-around ngemuva kukaLiubov Charkashyna futhi wawina isiliva emdlalweni wokugcina wamakilabhu. Waqanjwa njengengxenye yesibili yeRussia yomdlalo womuntu ngamunye kuma-Olimpiki asehlobo ka-2012 eLondon, kanye noKanaeva, kodwa-ke, uDmitrieva wamfaka esikhundleni sakhe emidlalweni yokugcina yaseRussia ngo-Agasti 2, 2012, ngenxa yokulimala kukaMerkulova. 