Igor Radivilov gave an interview to Sportarena. Below is the translation from Russian. Q: Igor, for how many years have you been a professional athlete? A: I’m doing sports since I’ve been 5 years old but I started doing it...
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Nikita Nagornyy gave an interview to “MK” about his experience at Euros in Cluj and how the fear of losing a sport on the national team motivated him to do well. It is worth noting that at this moment Nagornyy does not have a...
VTB Bank made a short video about Nikita Nagorny and Daria Spiridonova titled “A family of medal winners” (that’s how Nikita titled a photo of him and Dasha after they both won medals in Rio). The video says “love at...
Dmitry Zanin from Match TV filmed a special about Viktoria Komova’s comeback. The filming was done during Komova’s first training camp after the injury. The original video can be found on the Match TV website, however, it is...
The Russian gymnastics federation is now seriously working on their marketing and one of the things they’re trying to do is to publicize Komova’s return. Match TV is preparing a special about it, and Sports FM radio made an...
Nastia Liukin was working as a social media correspondent during the visit of the International Olympic Committee’s Evaluation Commission to Los Angeles. She talked to the Soviet Sport about why she thinks the Games should be...
VTB bank, the main sponsor of the Russian artistic gymnastics federation, published a long interview with Aliya Mustafina today. Here’s our translation of it: Q: Aliya, you are enjoying your freedom right now. So, how is...
Artem Dolgopyat who placed 4th in the floor final at the European Championship was called “Shatilov’s heir” by the Israeli media. The gymnast is overcoming back pain in his daily training, while also serving in the Israeli...
When reading about a possibility of robot judging in gymnastics, I suddenly remembered a short sci-fi story I read as a kid – about robot gymnasts competing in the Olympics in the future. Of course, I didn’t remember...
Russian gymnasts received a week of vacation after the Euros before coming back to the training camp this week. This training camp will also be notable because Viktoriya Komova is joining it on the 7th of May, meaning she is...