Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'afọ 2012, Merkulova meriri n'asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa nke Tashkent n'asọmpi egwuregwu niile nakwa asọmpi ngwụcha nke otu onye n'egwuregwu bọọlụ, hoop na klọb. Ya na onye otu ya Evgenia Kanaeva na asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi asọmpi
, n'ọnọdụ Daria Kondakova na Daria Dmitrieva bụ ndị merụrụ ahụ, ọ weghaara ọlaọcha ọla ọcha. Na Grand Prix Vorarlberg na Austria na July 2012, Merkulova meriri ọla nchara na gburugburu niile n'azụ Kanaeva na Dmitrieva yana ọlaọcha na njedebe hoop. N'asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa na Minsk, ọ gbara nke anọ na asọmpi niile n'azụ Liubov Charkashyna ma merie ọlaọcha na asọmpi klọb. A họpụtara ya dị ka onye ntinye aha nke abụọ nke Russia maka onye ọ bụla n'ime egwuregwu niile na 2012 Summer Olympics na London, n'akụkụ Kanaeva, Otú ọ dị, Dmitrieva dochie ya na ntinye ikpeazụ nke Russia na August 2, 2012, n'ihi mmerụ ụkwụ Merkulova.