Cup, finishing second behind Romanian Larisa Iordache. Later that year, she competed in the Voronin Cup, finishing 5th in the all-around. She finished third in vault finals, despite a fall on her second vault, a layout Podkopayeva (Yurchenko 1/2 turn on, layout front somersault 1/2). Later that day, she finished 3rd again on beam, despite a near-fall on her 2.5 twist dismount. Nationality change Pavlova began to compete for Azerbaijan in November 2013, saying that Russian gymnastics did not give her sufficient scope. She said that she had always been interested in international competition, and Russian gymnastics did not give her the opportunities she wanted. The Russian national coaches had not selected her for any major international meet since her knee surgery at the end of 2008. It is also possible that politics may have been part of it. Pavlova said that "her vocal opposition to the political decisions" may have gone against her. 2014 Pavlova was selected to compete at the 2014 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships along with another former Russian gymnast, Yulia Inshina. She qualified second into the vault finals behind Giulia Steingruber with a score of 14.516. In the vault finals, she scored a 14.583 which earned her the silver medal. This was her first medal at a major international meet since 2008 and the first medal she won competing for Azerbaijan. This was also Azerbaijan's first ever medal at the European Gymnastics Championships. 2015: Retirement On December 15, 2015, it was announced that Pavlova would retire from elite gymnastics. She has expressed desire to continue in the sport, as a gymnastics coach with her mother. Floor music 2008-2010: "Exodus" by Maksim Mrvica 2006-2007: "Juno and Avos" by Alexei Rybnikov 2006: "Allegretto" by Bond 2004-2005: "Wintersun" by Bond 2003: "Korobushka" by Bond 2000: "Smuglyanka" by Shvedov Competitive history Competitor for Azerbaijan Competitor for Russia See also List of Olympic female gymnasts for Russia References External links Anna Pavlova First Official Site (under construction) Current Official Website Anna Pavlova at YouTube 1987 births Living people People from Orekhovo-Zuyevo Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Russian female artistic gymnasts Azerbaijani female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Azerbaijani people of Russian descent Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games