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I'm ecologist Dr. Rae Wingrant
and on Dear Daughter Stars I'm sharing a letter to my daughter about how to conquer self doubt
and talking about the time I got chased by a bear.
Dear Daughter Stars from the BBC World Service.
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Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
The Fifth Floor.
The fifth Floor, the fifth Floor.
This is the fifth floor at the heart of global story storytelling.
With BBC journalists from all around the world.
I'm your host Farnak Amidi.
It's the falling from glory story of Irina Venner,
the woman who's been at the helm of producing world class Russian rhythmic gymnasts.
For years Russia has dominated the sport, winning multiple Olympic golds and world championships.
Wiener, a woman with a fearsome reputation,
has been leading the Russian athletes through their success for over two decades.
But it seems her reign has come
to an end as last year the Ministry of Sport dissolved the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation to create a new gymnastics body