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Kim: I want to do a lot of things in the FIG, to turn some things upside down

July 14, 2020
by LiubovB
40 min read
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Nellie Kim gave an interview to Sports.ru for their new series commemorating 40th anniversary of the 1980 Olympics. Kim talked about the Olympics, dealing with the USSR breaking down, moving to the US, and her career at the...

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Tourishcheva: In 1972, we were sent off as if we went to war

July 23, 2019
by LiubovB
19 min read
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Legendary Soviet gymnast Liudmila Tourishcheva and her husband, an Olympic champion in track Valeriy Borzov recently visited Minsk to attend the European Games and talked to Sport.tut.by about their careers, life during the...

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Charkashyna on sexual abuse in sports: “It’s America, they know how to make money”

March 1, 2019
by LiubovB
5 min read
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Belorussian rhythmic gymnast Liubou Charkashyna holds a very high position in the FIG – she’s the President of the Athletes Comission and, as such, is one of the members of the Executive Committee. One of the roles of...

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Svetlana Baitova: Victory is more difficult to survive than defeat

July 12, 2018
by LiubovB
12 min read
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Svetlana Baitova who won team gold at the 1988 Olympics recently talked to Igor Kozlov of Sputnik.by about her career and about life after retiring from competitive sports. Q: Svetlana, this year marks 30 years since you became...

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“Everyone knew” – more ex-gymnasts came forward with accusations about Renald Knysh

May 16, 2018
by LiubovB
9 min read
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For several years, Olga Korbut has been accusing her former coach Renald Knysh of molesting, raping and beating her. Knysh categorically denied the accusations and for year Korbut’s been accused of lying and...

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Olga Korbut: If I stayed silent, he would continue raping girls

April 6, 2018
by LiubovB
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Olga Korbut first publicly accused her coach, Renald Knysh, of raping and physically abusing her in 1999, long before the #metoo movement. Knysh continues to deny the accusations and Korbut continues to insist on them. This...

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Korbut says a Russian museum refuses to return her gold medal

April 4, 2018
by LiubovB
2 min read
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Olga Korbut posted on her Facebook that during a recent trip to Moscow she found her own gold Olympics medal from 1972 at the Sports Museum there. Korbut claims the medal was stolen from her a few days after the victory. It is...

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Olga Korbut donated money from her medals sale to an animal shelter

March 24, 2018
by LiubovB
3 min read
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Besides “ending the Cold War“, Olga Korbut has done some actual charitable acts, such as making donations to an animal shelter and a children’s hospital in Arizona. Last year Olga Korbut sold her medals at an...

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Olga Korbut credits herself with ending the Cold War

March 22, 2018
by LiubovB
2 min read
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Olga Korbut was recently on a Russian talk show “Pust Govoryat” [Let them talk] telling about her life in the US. She also described her first visit to the States in March of 1973 and the meeting with the US President...

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