Asuka Teramoto tore her Achilles in the beginning of the year and at that point, it seemed to many that her dream of competing at the Olympics in front of the home crowd was over. Especially since Japan is notorious for selecting...
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Russian media are publishing articles and interviews about the 1980 Olympics for the 40th anniversary of the event. Lidia Ivanova, a Soviet Olympic champion, was one of the judges during the Moscow Olympics. She talked to RT.com...
The release of Netflix’s Athlete A documentary prompted many gymnasts around the world to talk publicly about abuse they routinely experienced while training and competing. However, with the persistent culture of silence...
Many high-level gymnasts around the world experienced an extended break from gymnastics for the first time in their careers. Artur Dalaloyan’s break was longer than that of his teammates because he was receiving medical...
Members of the Brazilian national artistic gymnastics team flew to Portugal on a special flight together with athletes from several other sports. Since the coronavirus is still far from being under control in Brazil, many...
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...
After the 2020 Olympics were postponed for another year, the FIG announced that the 2021 World Championships would still be held despite the fact that normally, there are no Worlds in Olympic years. The competition was supposed...
Nikita Nagornyy gave this interview to RT in the end of May, when the team has just arrived to Round Lake for the first training camp since the start of the quarantine in April. At the time, there were strict isolation measures...
This week, the Russian senior national team has started their second camp at Round Lake since the quarantine. There was a short break between the camps during which some gymnasts were allowed to leave the training center but many...
David Belyavskiy spent past three months isolating at home with his wife and daughter. However, at the end of May, he came back to Round Lake for the first training camp since the outbreak. Because he had to fly to Moscow from...